Bissy (family)

Bissy (de) is the name of a famous family from the French nobility that gave poets, generals, bishops, explorers and resistants to France during the last five centuries.

Contents 1 History of the family 2 Coat of arms 3 Notable members 4 References

History of the family

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the family is three red crayfish on a gold surface ^[1].

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Notable members

• Pontus de Tyard de Bissy (1521–1605), French poet ^[2].
• Héliodore de Thiard de Bissy (1557–1594), Governor of Verdun-sur-le-Doubs ^[3].
• 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 ^[4].
• 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 ^[5].
• 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 ^[6].
• Monique de Bissy (1923–2009), French resistant during WWII ^[7].

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References

1. ^ Arms of the Bissy family
2. ^ Biography of Pontus de Bissy (FR)
3. ^ Portrait of Héliodore de Bissy (FR)
4. ^ Henri-Pons de Bissy on the Catholic Hierarchy
5. ^ Claude de Bissy on the Académie Française (FR)
6. ^ Frédéric de Bissy in the Baudin's scientific expedition (FR)
7. ^ Announcement of Monique de Bissy's death on the Belgian newspaper "La Libre Belgique"(FR)