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Hippolyte Piré

Hippolyte Piré

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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.[1][2][3]

Hippolyte Piré

His name is inscribed on the second column of the Northern Pillar of the Arc de Triomphe.

Notes

  1. [1]
    Thomas 1892, p. 1801.
  2. [2]
    Pendariès 2007, pp. 23–25.
  3. [3]
    Dreyfus 1902, p. 968.

References

  • Dreyfus, Camille, ed. (1885–1902). "Piré (Hippolyte-Marie-Guillaume de Rosnyvinen, comte de)". La grande encyclopédie: inventaire raisonné des sciences, des lettres et des arts (in French). Vol. 26. consultable. p. 968.
  • Pendariès, Pierre (2007), "Le général Piré, l'exemple convaincu du ralliement d'un officier noble émigré à Napoléon", Revue de l'Institut Napoléon (in French) (194): 7–69
  • Thomas, Joseph (1892), "Piré de", Universal pronouncing dictionary of biography and mythology (Iacchus – Zype), vol. 2, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, p. 1801

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