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Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil (18 April 1724 – 14 December 1802) [1] was second in command of the French squadron off America during the American Revolutionary War.
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]
RIGAUD DE VAUDREUIL, LOUIS-PHILIPPE DE, Marquis de VAUDREUIL, naval officer; b. 26 Sept. 1691 in Quebec, eldest son of Philippe de Rigaud* de Vaudreuil and Louise-Élisabeth de Joybert* de Soulanges et de Marson; d. in France probably in 1763. Louis-Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil joined the service on 8 May 1695 when still a child, with an ...
- Étienne Taillemite
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 3
Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil (French pronunciation: [filip də ʁigo maʁki də vodʁœj]; c. 1643 – 10 October 1725) was a French military officer who served as Governor General of New France (now Canada and U.S. states of the Mississippi Valley) from 1703 to 1725, throughout Queen Anne's War and Father Rale's War.
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.
FRANCOIS-PIERRE, MARQUIS DE RIGAUD, brother of preceding, b. February 3, 1703. He was appointed lieutenant (1724), Knight of St. Louis (1738), king’s lieu-tenant (1748), and Governor of Three-Rivers (1749).
Vaudreuil, Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de (1643-1725), governor of New France (1705-25), was born in France in 1643. He came to New France in 1687, as commander of the French troops in the colony, and served as chief of staff in Denonville's expedition against (the Iroquois.