de la Croix

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Comte de Castries

Colonel Henri-Marie de la Croix de Castries

FACTS:

Henri-Marie de la Croix

Born: 29 Dec 1850 Paris, France

Died: 10 May 1927 Paris, France

Titles and Occupation:

Comte de Castries, Historian. Envoy to Algeria. Officer of Indigenous affairs, Colonel d'Infanterie, conseiller général du canton de Louroux-Beconnais (Maine-et-Loire)

Portrait: Personal archives

Comte Henry de La Croix de Castries was a French writer and was also a lieutenant in the French Army in Algeria and who spent a long time in North Africa. Among his books, a mention may be made of Les Signes De Validation Des Chérifs Sâdiens; L'Islam, Impressions Et Etudes; and others.

Link: http://www.letterfortruth.com/comte-count-henry-de-castries/

http://islamstory.com/en/node/36728

http://data.bnf.fr/13756077/henry_de_la_croix_castries/#rdt360-13756077

Sources:

Croix, Hussain de la,. Documents. de la Croix Family Archives, Karlsruhe, Germany. Digitized Personal Archives.