Hippolyte Piré Explained
Hippolyte-Marie-Guillaume de Rosnyvinen, Comte de Piré, (Rennes, 31 March 1778 – Paris, 20 July 1850) was a French general who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.
His name is inscribed on the second column of the Northern Pillar of the Arc de Triomphe.
References
- Book: Dreyfus . Camille . Piré (Hippolyte-Marie-Guillaume de Rosnyvinen, comte de) . La grande encyclopédie: inventaire raisonné des sciences, des lettres et des arts . 26 . 1885–1902 . consultable . 968 . Fr . . http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k246616/f979.image.r=Rosnyvinen.langFR.
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