Artus of Thimble-Brissac , younger brother of Charles Ier de Cossé, born in 1512, died in 1582. Count of Secondigny, known as the marshal of Thimble to distinguish it from his/her brother Charles Ier de Cossé, called the marshal of Brissac . Man of war and diplomat French. It was known initially under the name of Gonnor, until its promotion with the rank of Marshal of France.

Biography

Lieutenant of one hundred men-at-arms, it announced to the Siège of Lens in 1551, and 1552, under the Duc of Own way, to the defense of Metz, of which it was made governor. In 1554, he is governor of Mariembourg.

It was used under the Duc as Aumale in 1555, with the seats of Volpian and Moncalier, and accepted this same year the collar of the Ordre of Saint-Michel. During the wars of religion, captain in 1562, it is beaten by the Protestant chief Gaspard de Coligny close to Châteaudun.

Charles IX did it Surintendant of finances in 1563, named it Grand panetier of France in 1564, set up in 1566 its ground of Secondigny in county, and created it Marshal of France in 1567. In 1569, it is named lieutenant-general for the Orléanais, the Anjou and the Touraine. It continues the fight against the Protesting S.

With the head of a body of cavalry, it was distinguished, in 1567, with the Bataille of Saint-Denis, and was then selected to order the army against the Calviniste S, under the Duc of Anjou. It would be too long to go into the details of the important services that it returned to the State, of the seats which he supported and made raise to the enemy, of the cities that he took and of the battles that he gained. One will restrict oneself to say, according to all the historians of time, which it had the head as good as the arm. In 1569, as second in command of the catholic army of the duke Henri of Anjou, it beats Coligny with Moncontour but is beaten by the same one with Arnay-the-Duke in 1570.

The May 4th 1574, Catherine de Médicis made it stop with Vincennes, and lead to the Bastille, on the suspicion to support a party which was formed in favor of the duke of Alençon, with the approaches of died of Charles IX: there remained seventeen months there. Henri III returned his freedom in 1581 to him, and offered letter-licenses to him which would declare it innocent.

Find good, lord, that I do not want any, answered it; a Thimble must think that nobody believed it guilty.

It goes to England to negotiate the marriage of Elisabeth Ire with François de France, duke of Anjou.

II the sharp spirit, free and merry mood had; he liked the table and much the women; but never the moment of the pleasure did not override that of the duty. Henri III did it Chevalier of the Holy Spirit the December 31st 1578. He died in the Château of Gonnor, in Anjou, the February 15th 1582.

See too

• Family Thimble-Brissac

Source

External bond

• Biography on the site of the Committee for the economic and financial history of France

• TO&C

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