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- Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière (18 April 1685 – 17 March 1752) was a French admiral who was appointed as Governor General of New France, where he served from 1 March 1749 until his death in 1752.
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Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière (18 April 1685 – 17 March 1752) was a French admiral who was appointed as Governor General of New France, where he served from 1 March 1749 until his death in 1752.
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Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de La Jonquière, Marquis de La Jonquière, naval officer, governor general of New France, appointed 1746, served 1749-52 (b near Albi, France 18 Apr 1685; d at Québec 17 Mar 1752). In 1746 La Jonquière was a veteran of 49 years in the French navy.
Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, né le 18 avril 1685 au château de Lasgraisses et mort le 17 mars 1752 à Québec, est un officier de marine français, lieutenant-général et gouverneur de la Nouvelle-France de 1749 à 1752.
Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de La Jonquière joined the service as a midshipman at Toulon on 1 Sept. 1697. He took part in his first campaigns the following year at Constantinople, then in 1699 in the Levant and in 1701 at Cadiz.
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- April 18, 1685
- March 17, 1752 (66)Québec, Québec, Canada
- Graulhet, Languedoc, France
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Jacques-Pierre de Tafannel de la Jonquière was born near Albi, France, in 1685. He joined the French navy in 1697, where he rose through the ranks and was made a captain in 1731. La Jonquière was promoted to rear-admiral of the French navy and appointed ...
La Jonquiere Jacques-pierre De Taffanel Marquis De Rear-admiral under d'Anville in the disastrous expedition against Acadia, 1746. Commanded another expedition with a similar purpose, 1747, which was defeated by Anson and Warren.