| François de Cossé | |
| Birth Name: | Eugène Marie Timoléon François de Cossé |
| Birth Date: | 19 February 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Le Creusot, France |
| Death Place: | Charcé-Saint-Ellier-sur-Aubance, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Office: | President of the Jockey-Club de Paris |
| Term Start: | 1997 |
| Term End: | 2014 |
| Office2: | 13th Duke of Brissac |
| Term Start2: | 4 April 1993 |
| Term End2: | 6 April 2021 |
| Predecessor2: | Pierre de Cossé |
| Successor2: | Charles-André de Cossé |
| Office3: | Grand Master of the Order of Saint Lazarus |
| Term Start3: | 1986 |
| Term End3: | 2004 |
François de Cossé, 13th Duke of Brissac (19 February 1929 – 6 April 2021), was a French aristocrat and landowner.[1] He held the French noble title of Duke of Brissac from 1993 until his death in 2021.
He was the son of Pierre de Cossé, 12th Duke of Brissac, and his wife, Marie Zélie Antoinette Eugénie Schneider. She was the daughter of industrialist Eugène Schneider II.
In 1958, he married Jacqueline Alice Marie de Contades, with whom he had four children
He served as President of the Jockey-Club de Paris from 1997 to 2014, and he was Grand Master of the Order of Saint Lazarus from 1986 to 2004. He was the proprietor of the Château de Brissac in Brissac-Quincé.[2]
The 13th Duke of Brissac died at his Château de la Roche in Charcé-Saint-Ellier-sur-Aubance on 6 April 2021, at the age of 92.[3]
Chaffanjon . Arnaud . 22 March 1985 . Le duc de Brissac: 60 ans au Jockey-Club et 8 ans de présidence . Point de Vue, Images du Monde . 36 . 1912 . 27-28.