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Vaudreuil at the Battle of Cap Finisterre. Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis of Vaudreuil (Quebec City, 22 September 1691 – Rochefort, 27 November 1763) was a French naval officer. [1]
Louis-Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil joined the service on 8 May 1695 when still a child, with an expectancy of an ensigncy in the colonial regular troops in Canada. On 20 May 1698 he received a commission as ensign on the active list and midshipman.
Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil (18 April 1724 – 14 December 1802) was second in command of the French squadron off America during the American Revolutionary War. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Close. Biography. Early life. Coat of arms of Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial.
RIGAUD DE VAUDREUIL, PHILIPPE DE, Marquis de Vaudreuil, musketeer, commander of the troops, naval captain, governor of Montreal, governor general of New France, governor of Revel in Languedoc; knight, commander, and grand cross of the order of Saint-Louis; baptized 13 Aug. 1650 at Dreuilhe, France; m. 21 Nov. 1690 Louise-Elizabeth de Joybert at ...
Jan 14, 2008 · Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, Marquis de Vaudreuil, governor general of New France 1703-25 (b probably near Revel, France c 1643; d at Québec C 10 Oct 1725). Vaudreuil served in the French army with the Mousquetaires from 1672 and distinguished himself in campaigns in Flanders. Vaudreuil, Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, Marquis de.
Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, comte de Vaudreuil, né le 22 septembre 1691 à Québec (Canada, Nouvelle-France) et mort à Rochefort ou à Tours le 27 décembre 1763, est un officier de marine français des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles.
LOUIS PHILIPPE DE RIGAUD, COMTE DE VAUDREUIL, eldest son of preceding, b. at Quebec, 1723; d. in France, 1802; entered the navy in 1741. When the American revolutionary war began he refused the governorship of San Domingo to remain at sea.
