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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.
6 de jun. de 2007 · Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, Marquis de Vaudreuil, (sometimes Vaudreuil-Cavagnial), officer, last governor general of New France 1755–60 (born in Québec, New-France on 22 November 1698; died in Paris, France 4 August 1778).
Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil, was obviously a highly strung, complex person who bottled up his emotions and let no one around him suspect his inner turmoil. His crise de nerfs of 1756 when he sought to be recalled, even though it would have terminated his career, is proof.
Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, Marquis de Vaudreuil (22 November 1698 – 4 August 1778 [1]) was a Canadian-born colonial governor of Canada (New France) in North America. He was governor of French Louisiana (1743–1753) and in 1755 became the last Governor-General of New France.In 1759 and 1760 the British conquered the colony in the Seven Years' War (known in the United States ...
Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, né le 22 novembre 1698 à Québec (Nouvelle-France) et mort le 4 août 1778 à Paris (France [1]), quatrième fils de Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil et de l'acadienne Louise-Élisabeth de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson, est marquis de Vaudreuil, officier de la Marine, gouverneur de ...
Pierre de Rigaud Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, marquis de (pyĕr də rēgō´ märkē´ də vōdrö´yə-kävänyäl´), 1698–1765, last French governor of New France, b. Quebec. He was the son of Philippe de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil (1643–1725), also governor (1705–25).
Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de (1704-1778), last governor of New France (1755-60), was born at Montreal in 1704, the son of Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil and Louise Elisabeth Joybert de Soulanges. He became a captain in the troupes de la marine, and in 1733 was appointed governor of Three Rivers.
