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    Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville

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      • Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville, Marquis Duquesne (c. 1700 – 17 September 1778) was a French Governor General of New France. He was born in Toulon, France.
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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Michel-Ange_Duquesne_deMichel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville - Wikipedia

    Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Occupation. Governor of New France. Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville, Marquis Duquesne (c. 1700 – 17 September 1778) was a French Governor General of New France. He was born in Toulon, France . Duquesne served from 1752 to 1755. Best known for his role in the French and Indian War, he established Fort ...

  4. www.biographi.ca › en › bioBiography – DUQUESNE DE MENNEVILLE, ANGE, Marquis DUQUESNE ...

    DUQUESNE (Du Quesne, Duqaine, Duquêne) DE MENNEVILLE, ANGE, Marquis DUQUESNE, naval officer and governor general of New France; b. c. 1700 at Toulon, France, third son of Abraham Duquesne and Ursule-Thérèse Possel; d. 17 Sept. 1778 at Antony (dept of Hauts-de-Seine), France.

  5. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca › en › articleAnge Duquesne de Menneville, Marquis Duquesne | The Canadian ...

    Jan 14, 2008 · Ange Duquesne de Menneville Duquesne, Marquis, naval officer, governor general of New France 1752-55 (b at Toulon, France c 1700; d at Antony, France 17 Sept 1778). He joined the navy as a boy and saw action in the War of the Austrian Succession.

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    Duquesne De Menneville Michel Ange Marquis De Appointed governor of New France 1752, in succession to La Jonquiere. His policy was to intercept communication between New England and the western Indians and thus to restore the Indians to dependence on France. In the spring of 1753 sent a force of a thousand men under Morin to the Ohio district; a

  8. faculty.marianopolis.edu › Governor-GeneralDuquesneMichel-Ange Duquesne-Menneville - Marianopolis College

    Duquesne, Michel-Ange Duquesne-Menneville, Marquis de (1701-1778), governor of New France (1752-5), was the son of Alexandre Duquesne-Monnier and Ursule Possel. He entered the navy at an early age, and became successively ensign (1727), lieutenant (1735), and major (1746).

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  10. fr.wikipedia.org › wiki › Michel-Ange_Duquesne_deMichel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville — Wikipédia

    Michel-Ange (ou Ange) Duquesne, Marquis de Menneville né à Toulon en 1702 et mort le 17 septembre 1778, est un officier de marine et administrateur colonial français du XVIIIe siècle. Il est gouverneur de la Nouvelle-France de juillet 1752 au 10 juillet 1755 1 où il mène une active politique d’établissements militaires dans l’Ohio.

  11. www.shmoop.com › marquis-duquesneMarquis Duquesne in The French & Indian War - Shmoop

    Ange Duquesne de Menneville, Marquis Duquesne (1700–1778) was the Governor-General of New France from 1752 to 1755. Believing that French interests in the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi Valley were threatened by British colonial advances in the Ohio Valley, he built a string of forts between Lake Erie and the Ohio Valley.