An ironmaster and cattle breeder in the Nièvre, he bought the Azy estate in 1795, which his daughter Amélie brought to the Benoists.
Owner of Cherault. Ancestor no. 70 of Augustin Cochin, on his father’s side, in the Pierfit collaborative tree on Geneanet.
The man8rove collaborative database gives him as “Léonor Brière d’Azy (1766 - 1843), industriel”.
Brothers and sisters, according to the Pierfit tree: Louis Victor (1761 – 1820), Victoire Henriette (1762 – 1823), César Auguste (1769 – 1836).
- Parent of
- Amélie Brière d’Azy (1805 – 1884)
- Married
- Alexandrine Anne Louise de Longchamp, in 1794