Pierre de Roquefeuil-Montpeyroux

Last updated
Pierre, count de Roquefeuil-Montpeyroux
Capitaine de vaisseau chevalier de Roquefeuil.png
Born1735
Chateau du Bousquet
Died1789
La Forêt-Fouesnant
AllegianceRoyal Standard of the King of France.svg  Kingdom of France
Service/branchFlag of the Kingdom of France (1814-1830).svg  French Navy
Years of service1749–1782
Rank Brigadier des armées navales
Commands held Oiseau (1777)
Saint-Esprit (1778)
Renommée (1779-80)
Zodiaque (1780)
Dauphin Royal (1781)
Battles/wars
AwardsKnight in the Order of Saint Louis
Spouse(s)Léonie de Lagadec
ChildrenAdolphe
Alphonce-Louis

Pierre de Roquefeuil-Montpeyroux [Note 1] was a French Navy officer. He served during the War of American Independence.

Contents

Biography

Roquefeuil was born in 1735 to the House of Roquefeuil-Blanquefort. He grew up in Montpeyroux, Aveyron where his family owned the Château du Bousquet. [2]

On 19 September 1749, he joined the French Navy as a Garde-Marine. He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 May 1763. [2] [3]

In 1773, he was made a Knight in the Order of Saint Louis. [2]

On 4 April 1777, he was promoted to captain [3] and given command of the 32-gun frigate Oiseau. [2] [4] He served Du Chaffault. [5]

In 1778, named flag captain on the 80-gun ship Saint-Esprit, [2] Roquefeuil participated to the battle of Ushant under Lamotte-Picquet. [6] [7]

In 1779, he was given command of the frigate Renommée, with which he captured two British ships. He then transferred to the 74-gun Zodiaque. [2]

From 1781, he commanded the 74-gun Dauphin Royal. He took part in the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782, and was later cleared by the inquiry into the battle. [1]

In 1783, he earned a membership in the Society of the Cincinnati. [2]

He retired on 8 February 1786 with the rank of brigadier des armées navales, [3] on medical grounds. [2]

Pierre de Roquefeuil-Montpeyroux died in 1789 [ citation needed ] in Brittany. [2]

Family

In 1783, Roquefeuil married Léocadie de Lagadec [8] with whom he had two children:

Pierre de Roquefeuil-Montpeyroux is also the nephew of:

Sources and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Also written "Montpéroux". [1]
  2. ↑ Also known as Alfonse. [8]

Citations

  1. 1 2 Troude (1867), p. 160.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Contenson (1934), p. 253.
  3. 1 2 3 Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 611.
  4. ↑ Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 609.
  5. ↑ Roche (2005), p. 332.
  6. ↑ Roche (2005), p. 394.
  7. ↑ Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 618.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Jougla de Morenas, p. 59.

References

Related Research Articles

French ship <i>Triomphant</i> (1779) Ship of the line of the French Navy

Triomphant was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Solitaire was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, built by Antoine Groignard and launched in 1774, lead ship of her class. She was captured by the Royal Navy on 6 December 1782, and commissioned as the third rate HMS Solitaire. She was sold out of the Navy in 1790.

Charles Louis du Chilleau de La Roche was a French Navy officer.

French ship <i>Éveillé</i> (1773) Ship of the line of the French Navy

Éveillé was an Artésien-class 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1772.

Pierre-Joseph de Castellan was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Claude-François Renart d'Amblimont</span> French Navy officer of the War of American Independence

Claude-Marguerite Renart de Fuchsamberg d'Amblimont was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence.

Armand Le Gardeur de Tilly was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence.

Louis Augustin de Monteclerc was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence.

Jean Antoine Le Bègue de Germiny was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles de Charritte</span> French Navy officer of the War of American Independence

Charles de Charritte was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence.

Pierre Joseph François Samson de Champmartin was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence.

Charles Régis de Coriolis d'Espinouse (1726–1793) was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence.

Joseph François Auguste Jules d'Albert de Saint-Hippolyte was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence, earning membership in the Society of the Cincinnati.

François-Aymar de Monteil was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence, earning membership in the Society of the Cincinnati. He was also a member and director of the Académie de Marine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Louis Guillaume de Parscau du Plessix</span> French Navy officer of the War of American Independence

Louis Guillaume de Parscau du Plessix was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence, earning membership in the Society of the Cincinnati.

Actionnaire was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Originally built for the French East India Company, she was purchased by the Navy and saw service during the War of American Independence

French ship <i>Triton</i> (1747) Ship of the line of the French Navy

Triton was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy designed by François Coulomb the Younger. She took part in the Seven Years' War and in the War of American Independence.

Zodiaque was a 74-gun Diadème-class ship of the line of the French Navy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Armand-Claude Poute de Nieuil</span>

Armand-Claude Poute de Nieuil was a French Navy officer. He served during the War of American Independence.

Victurnien-Henri-Elzéar de Rochechouart de Mortemart was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence, and became a member of the Society of the Cincinnati.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.