Louis-Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil

French general
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroFrench general
PlacesFrance
wasMilitary personnel
Work fieldMilitary
Gender
Male
Birth22 September 1691, Quebec City, Canada
Death27 December 1763Rochefort, France (aged 72 years)
Star signVirgo
Family
Children:Louise Charlotte de Rigaud de Vaudreuil
Awards
Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis 
The details

Biography

Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis of Vaudreuil (1691, Quebec City – 1763, Rochefort, Charente-Maritime) was a French naval officer.

Marriage and children

He married on 22 December 1723 with Élisabeth-Catherine Le Moyne, daughter of Joseph Le Moyne de Sérigny. They had

  • Louis-Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil (1724-1802), second in command of the French Navy during the American Revolutionary War.
  • Louise Élisabeth Charlotte de Rigaud de Vaudreuil (1725-1806)
  • Jean-Louis de Rigaud de Vaudreuil (1728-1810), fought also in the American Revolutionary War.
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