Pierre Corty

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☨ Pierre Corty
Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born	?

Dead	1887 in Germany


Spouse(s)	1837 - 1887 Louise Dejean

Residence
Country	Germany

Locations
Title	owner 1853-1888
Location	at Circus Corty-Althoff (Circus Corty) in Germany

Biography details

Pierre Corty , circus director in Germany

Corty was born * ? dead 1887 , in Germany

Married 1837 to Louise Dejean born ? in France .

The history of Circus Corty & Althoff began with Pierre Corty. The Cortys were a family of artists who traveled all over Europe without producing stars up to that point. Pierre began his career in the French State Circus of Louis Dejean . It was there that he met Dejean's daughter, Louise Dejean. The two married in 1837 against their father's wishes and had a daughter, Adele Corty, in 1840.

Family

Total: 1 children

Adele Althoff. Born: 1840. Dead: † 1909

Pierre Corty is mentioned on 3 other person pagesAdele Corty, Dominicus Althoff, Louise Dejean,

Pierre Corty is mentioned on 2 location pagesCircus Corty-Althoff (Circus Corty), Rossis Musical Elephants,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Pierre Corty in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 November 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1098. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_Corty_%26_Althoff

Selected publications

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