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Historical records matching Louis Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil
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About Louis Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil
Entering the army at the age of seven he ranked as captain in 1738, and received the Grand Cross of St. Louis (1745). Transferred to the navy as chief of a squadron, he took part (1747) in a combat off Cape Finistère between the fleets of M. de l'Estenduère and Admiral Hawke, one of the most terrible engagements on record. After eight hours, theFrench admiral was about to yield, when Vaudreuil, commanding the Intrépide, hastened to the front, and, bearing the brunt of the enemy's broadsides, forced them to cease firing. In reward he was appointed lieutenant-general of the naval forces.
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Louis Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil's Timeline
| 1691 |
September 22, 1691
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Québec, Canada
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| 1724 |
October 28, 1724
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Quebec, Canada
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| 1725 |
November 29, 1725
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Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Aquitaine Limousin Poitou-Charentes, France
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| 1728 |
1728
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| 1763 |
December 27, 1763
Age 72
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Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
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