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Grégoire Coffinières de Nordeck

French general

Died when: 75 years 127 days (904 months)
Star Sign: Virgo

 

Grégoire Coffinières de Nordeck

Grégoire Gaspard Félix Coffinières, later Coffinières de Nordeck (2 September 1811, in Castelnaudary – 7 January 1887) was a French general.

He was commander of the École Polytechnique during the Second French Empire.During the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, he commanded the fortifications of Metz, which he surrendered without defending them.


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