Henri Brosselard-Faidherbe

Portrait in Casamance et Mellacorée (1892)

Henri Brosselard-Faidherbe (1855–1893) was a French military officer and explorer.

Biography

Henri François Brosselard was born on 3 June 1855. On 30 October 1883 he married Mathilde-Marie Faidherbe, the daughter of General Louis Faidherbe.[1] He was permitted to attach the surname of his father-in-law to his own.[2] He died on 19 August 1893 in Coutances, Manche at the age of 38.[3]

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Notes

  1. D'Heylli, G., ed. (1883), "Petite Gazette", Gazette Anecdotique, Littéraire, Artistique et Bibliographiques (in French) (Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles) 2 (21, 15 November): 280
  2. Bonnefon, Jean de (1909). La noblesse de France et les anoblis de la république : liste compléte des familles pourvues de noble parure par le Conseil d'État de 1870 à 1906 (in French). Paris: L. Michaud. p. 179.
  3. "Henri Brosselard-Faidherbe (1855-1893)". Bibliothèque National de France. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

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