Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil

1643 - 1725  (82 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.

• Name	Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil
  Birth	ca. 1643	Château Vaudreuil
  near Castelnaudary, France.
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Oct 1725
  Siblings	1 Sibling
  + 1. Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil,   b. ca. 1643, Château Vaudreuil d. 10 Oct 1725  (Age 82 years) ▻ Louise-Élisabeth de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson + 2. Anne de Rigaud de Vaudreuil ▻ Pierre Adhémar de Lantagnac,  m. 13 Oct 1647
  Person ID	I681334	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2010

  
  

  Father	Jean Louis de Rigaud de Vaudreuil
  Mother	Marie de Château-Verdun
  Marriage	04 Nov 1628
  Family ID	F348274	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louise-Élisabeth de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson
  Children	1. Pierre de Rigaud,   b. 22 Nov 1698, Quebec, Canada d. 04 Aug 1778, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F348275	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2010

  
  

• Notes

  French politician, who was Governor-general of New France (now Canada and US states of the Mississippi Valley) from 1703 to 1725. As Chevalier de Vaudreuil, he was sent to command French forces in New France before being appointed governor of Montreal in 1702, and then governor-general of New France in 1703. Vaudreuil was a successful administrator and reformer, pursued an enlightened policy towards the Native Americans in the region, and remained overwhelmingly pro-French. He died in Quebec City. He married a daughter of Pierre de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson, by his wife Marie-Francoise, daughter of Louis-Théandre Chartier de Lotbinière. They lived at Chateau Vaudreuil, Montreal, which was built by Chaussegros de Lery. The Chateau was eventually destroyed by a fire in 1803. Their son, Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, served as the last French Governor-General of Canada before the British Conquest of New France from 1755 to 1760 during the French and Indian War. Several of his other sons went on to distinguished careers in the French army and navy. His grandson Louis-Philippe de Vaudreuil defeated the English Navy at the Battle of Yorktown (1781) on the Septre, and was protecting George Washington's army in 1782 in Boston aboard the Triomphant. His grandson also brought back the victorious French army of Rochambeau, back to France after the Siege of Yorktown.