• Source: Pierre de Roquefeuil-Montpeyroux

    • Pierre de Roquefeuil-Montpeyroux was a French Navy officer. He served during the War of American Independence.


    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.
    On 19 September 1749, he joined the French Navy as a Garde-Marine. He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 May 1763.
    In 1773, he was made a Knight in the Order of Saint Louis.
    On 4 April 1777, he was promoted to captain and given command of the 32-gun frigate Oiseau. He served
    Du Chaffault.
    In 1778, named flag captain on the 80-gun ship Saint-Esprit, Roquefeuil participated to the battle of Ushant under Lamotte-Picquet.
    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.
    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.
    In 1783, he earned a membership in the Society of the Cincinnati.
    He retired on 8 February 1786 with the rank of brigadier des armées navales, on medical grounds.
    Pierre de Roquefeuil-Montpeyroux died in 1789 in Brittany.


    Family


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

    Adolphe,
    Alphonse-Louis.
    Pierre de Roquefeuil-Montpeyroux is also the nephew of:

    Jacques Aymar de Roquefeuil et du Bousquet (1665-1744),
    Aymar Joseph de Roquefeuil et du Bousquet (1714-1782).


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    References

    Contenson, Ludovic (1934). La Société des Cincinnati de France et la guerre d'Amérique (1778-1783). Paris: éditions Auguste Picard. OCLC 7842336.
    Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion. pp. 431–434.
    Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
    Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 2. Challamel ainé.
    Jougla de Morenas, Henri. Grand Armorial de France (PDF) (in French). Vol. 6.

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