Louis-Hercule Timoléon de COSSÉ-BRISSAC, Duc de BRISSAC (Par - Lot 215

Louis-Hercule Timoléon de COSSÉ-BRISSAC, Duc de BRISSAC (Paris 1734 - Assassinated in Versailles on Sept. 9, 1792.) Grand panetier of France, Captain-colonel of the Cent-Suisses of the King's Guard, Maréchal de Camp in 1780, Governor of Paris (1775-1791) then Commander-in-Chief of the Constitutional Guard of King Louis XVI (1791) - Letter Signed "L.H. Timoléon de Cossé Brissac " Le Commandant Général de la Garde du Roi. aux Tuileries à Paris le 30 Sept 1791. To M. CORIOLIS Captain in the BOURBONNAIS Regiment. He informs him that the King has appointed him to the Command of a Company in his Guard, "of which His Majesty has kindly given me the General Command. I inform you, Sir, that you are attached to the Infantry Corps under the orders of M. de Pont L'Abbé Maréchal de Camp...". 1 folio page.