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Rigaud de Vaudreuil, Philippe, 1643 - 1725
Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil was the son of Jean-Louis Rigaud and Marie de Chateauverdun of Dreuihe, France. He entered military service in 1672 as a musketeer in Flanders. Imperial authorities sent Vaudreuil to command a force of marines in New France in 1687. That same year, he was appointed acting governor of Montreal. As a military officer, he led several expeditions against the Iroquois, especially during the campaign of 1696, and successfully defended Quebec against the English. Vaudreuil became governor general of New France in 1703. His policies towards the Five Na
Bourbon, Louis XIV, 1638 - 1715
Louis Bourbon, son of the French monarch, Louis XIII of the House of Bourbon and Anne of Austria, succeeded to the crown on May 14, 1643 as Louis XIV. A proponent of the divine right of kings and absolute government, he became one of the most powerful rulers in Eighteenth Century Europe. His expansionist policies were often in conflict with those of other monarchs and lead to dynastic wars in Europe and in North America, namely King William’s War (1688-1697) and Queen Anne’s War (1702-1713).
LeMoyne, Bernard
Bernard LeMoyne was the captain of the privateer frigate the La Toison d’Or [Golden Fleece] operating in the Caribbean as early as 1674. Around 1678, he brought into Boston harbor several Dutch prizes worth well over one hundred thousand pounds. Colonial administrator Edward Randolph later called LeMoyne “a great undertaker for pirates and promoter of irregular trade. ”Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, History of the City of New York in the Seventeenth Century, Vol.
Rigaud de Vaudreuil, Pierre Francois, 1703 - 1779
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