Bissy (family)
Bissy a French noble family. Members of the family have been poets, generals, bishops, explorers and resistance fighters.Coat of arms
The coat of arms of the family is three red crayfish on a gold surface.Notable members
- Pontus de Tyard de Bissy, French poet.
- Héliodore de Thiard de Bissy, Governor of Verdun-sur-le-Doubs.
- Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy, Bishop of Toul and Maux, Cardinal, confident of King Louis XIV of France: he wrote his will and gave him the anointing of the sick before his death.
- Claude de Thiard de Bissy, Head of the French Royal Army during the conquest of Franche-Comté, Governor of Languedoc, member of the Académie française.
- Henri de Thiard de Bissy, Brother of Claude, French general.
- , French explorer who participated scientific expedition in Southern oceans.
- Monique de Bissy, French resistant during World War II.
