Giovanni Cossa

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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

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]

Life

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References

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

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