civil servant
Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal.
Colonial governor of Louisiana (1698-1778)
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About Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal
Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, marquis de Vaudreuil was a French military officer and colonial administrator. Born in Quebec, 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.
Everything about Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal →- Occupation
- civil servant, politician
- Position held
- Governor of New France
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- November 22, 1698
- Died
- August 4, 1778