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Life and career. He was born at the Castle of Vaudreuil near Castelnaudary in France. He was the second son of Jean-Louis de Rigaud (d. 1659), Baron de Vaudreuil, Seigneur d' Auriac and de Cabanial, by his wife Marie de Château-Verdun. She was the daughter of François, Seigneur de la Razairie.
Philippe’s father Jean-Louis de Rigaud held the minor rank of cornet in the French army and was also the commandant of the arrière-ban of his seneschalsy. Nothing is known of his wife, Marie de Chateauverdun, except that she was of noble birth. Five daughters and five sons were born of their marriage.
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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.
May 1, 2022 · Death: October 10, 1725 (77-86) Quebec, Canada. Immediate Family: Son of Jean-Louis de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, seigneur, baron d'Auriac, Cabaniol, Vaudreuil and Marie de Chateau-Verdun. Husband of Louise-Élisabeth de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson.
- October 10, 1725
Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, marquis de Vaudreuil (22 November 1698 – 4 August 1778) was a Canadian-born colonial governor of French Canada in North America. He was governor of French Louisiana (1743–1753) and in 1755 became the last Governor-General of New France .
On 1 April 1738 he was promoted naval captain. The following year he took command of the Jason and carried Isaac-Louis de Forant* and François Bigot* to Louisbourg, where they were governor and financial commissary. Vaudreuil received command of the Victoire in 1741.
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.
