Bissy (family)
The Bissy family (de) was a French noble family. Members of the family have been poets, generals, bishops, explorers and resistance fighters.
History of the family
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Coat of arms
[edit]The coat of arms of the family is three red crayfish on a gold surface.[1]
Notable members
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- Pontus de Tyard de Bissy (1521–1605), French poet.
- Héliodore de Thiard de Bissy (1557–1594), Governor of Verdun-sur-le-Doubs.[2]
- Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy (1657–1737), Bishop of Toul (1687–1704) and Maux (1704–1737), Cardinal (1715), confident of King Louis XIV of France: he wrote his will and gave him the anointing of the sick before his death.[3]
- Claude de Thiard de Bissy (1721–1810), Head of the French Royal Army during the conquest of Franche-Comté, Governor of Languedoc, member of the Académie française.[4]
- Henri de Thiard de Bissy (1723–1794), Brother of Claude, French general.
- Frédéric de Bissy (1768–1803), French explorer who participated scientific expedition in Southern oceans.
- Monique de Bissy (1923–2009), French resistant during World War II.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Arms of the Bissy family
- ^ "Portrait of Héliodore de Bissy (FR)". Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
- ^ Henri-Pons de Bissy on the Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ Claude de Bissy on the Académie Française (FR) Archived 2010-08-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Announcement of Monique de Bissy's death on the Belgian newspaper "La Libre Belgique"(FR)