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Hippolyte-Marie-Guillaume de Rosnyvinen, Comte de Piré, (Rennes, 31 March 1778 – Paris, 20 July 1850) was a French general who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.

His name is inscribed on the second column of the Northern Pillar of the Arc de Triomphe.

Notes

1. Thomas 1892, p. 1801.
2. Pendariès 2007, pp. 23–25.
3. Dreyfus 1902, p. 968.

References

• Dreyfus, Camille, ed. (1885–1902). "Piré (Hippolyte-Marie-Guillaume de Rosnyvinen, comte de)". La grande encyclopédie: inventaire raisonné des sciences, des lettres et des arts (in French). Vol. 26. consultable. p. 968.
• Pendariès, Pierre (2007), "Le général Piré, l'exemple convaincu du ralliement d'un officier noble émigré à Napoléon", Revue de l'Institut Napoléon (in French) (194): 7–69
• Thomas, Joseph (1892), "Piré de", Universal pronouncing dictionary of biography and mythology (Iacchus – Zype), vol. 2, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, p. 1801

Further reading

• Senior, Terry J. (August 2002). "The Top Twenty French Cavalry Commanders:#17 General Hippolyte-Marie-Guillaume de Rosnyvinen Comte de Piré". The Napoleon Series.

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