Grégoire Coffinières de Nordeck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Grégoire Coffinières de Nordeck

French general

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1811

Place of Birth: Castelnaudary, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 07-Jan-1887

Profession: military personnel, military officer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Grégoire Gaspard Félix Coffinières, later Coffinières de Nordeck (2 September 1811, 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.