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After the death of Louis-Hercule in 1792 without a living male-line descendant, the ducal title passed to Timoléon de Cossé-Brissac (1775–1848). He was the eldest son of
Hyacinthe-Hugues de Cossé-Brissac, Duke of Cossé (1746–1813), whose father was René-Hugues de Cossé-Brissac, Count of Cossé
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had been acquired at the end of the 15th century by a French family named Cossé from the same province. René de Cossé (1460-1540) married into the
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The current holder of the ducal title is
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