Giovanni Cossa

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Giovanni or Jean Cossa (probably 29 March 1400 - 30 October 1476) was lieutenant general of Provence, seneschal of Rene of Anjou and grand seneschal of Provence.^[1]

The so-called portrait of Giovanni Cossa, actually showing Jacopo Antonio Marcello - a miniature from the Martyrdom of Saint Maurice and his Comrades, sent from Marcello to Cossa on 1 June 1453 as a diplomatic gift.

Cossa's tomb effigy in Église Sainte-Marthe in Tarascon, where he died.

Cossa's coat of arms

Grimaud Castle, owned by Cossa

Life

See also

Martyrdom of Saint Maurice and his Comrades

References

^ (in Italian) "COSSA, Giovanni in "Dizionario Biografico"". Retrieved 14 March 2020.

Bibliography

(in French) Jean Favier (2008). Le roi René. Fayard. p. 742. ISBN 978-2-213-63480-7.
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 30: Cosattini–Crispolto (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. 1984. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.

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