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Giovanni or Jean Cossa (probably 29 March 1400 - 30 October 1476) was
Giovanni or Jean Cossa (probably 29 March 1400 - 30 October 1476) was lieutenant general
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...
of Provence, seneschal
The word ''seneschal'' () can have several different meanings, all of which reflect certain types of supervising or administering in a historic context. Most commonly, a seneschal was a senior position filled by a court appointment within a royal, ...
of Rene of Anjou and grand seneschal of Provence.
Life
See also
*Martyrdom of Saint Maurice and his Comrades
The ''Martyrdom of Saint Maurice and his Comrades'' ( la, Passio Mauricii et sotiorum ejus) is an illuminated manuscript commissioned as a diplomatic gift to Giovanni Cossa by the Venetian general Jacopo Antonio Marcello (1399–1464). The smalle ...
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* * {{DBI, nome=COSSA, Giovanni, volume = 30, anno = 1984, autore= Franca Petrucci People from the Metropolitan City of Naples category:1400 births category:1476 deaths 15th-century Italian nobility