
Giovanni or Jean Cossa (probably 29 March 1400 - 30 October 1476) was
lieutenant general
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank 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 battlefield, who was norma ...
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 .
See also
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Martyrdom of Saint Maurice and his Comrades
The ''Martyrdom of Saint Maurice and his Comrades'' () is an illuminated manuscript commissioned as a diplomatic gift to Giovanni Cossa by the Venetian general Jacopo Antonio Marcello (1399–1464). The smallest miniatures are attributed to an ...
References
Bibliography
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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