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	Vaudreuil, Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, Marquis de
		Vaudreuil, Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, Marquis de
		Vaudreuil, Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, Marquis de (sometimes Vaudreuil-Cavagnial), officer, last governor general of New France 1755-60 (b at Québec C 22 Nov 1698; d at Paris, France 4 Aug 1778), son of Philippe de Rigaud de VAUDREUIL.
		Vaudreuil planned the 1760 operations with Lévis, but despite the latter's successful defeat of the British at the Battle of STE-FOY, the arrival of the English fleet in the spring forced withdrawal again to Montréal.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008321 (382 words)

	Pierre de Cavagnal, Marquis de Vaudreuil
		Pierre Francois, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal (1698–1765) was a French colonial governor in the Americas.
		Vaudreuil's administration was immediatly involved in the early engagements of the French and Indian War.
		Vaudreuil returned to France after the war, and was imprisoned in the Bastille for his part in the loss of Canada.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/pierre_de_cavagnal__marquis_de_vaudreuil (333 words)

	Vaudreuil, Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, marquis de
		Vaudreuil, Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, marquis de; parfois Vaudreuil-Cavagnial; officier, dernier gouverneur général de la Nouvelle-France, de 1755 à; 1760 (Québec, 22 nov. 1698 - Paris, France, 4 août 1778), fils de Philippe de Rigaud de VAUDREUIL.
		Pendant la GUERRE DE SEPT ANS, son autorité en matière d'affaires militaires se complique en raison de la décision de renforcer les troupes de la marine et la milice de Nouvelle-France par l'envoi de six bataillons d'infanterie, commandés successivement par le baron Dieskau, MONTCALM et LÉVIS.
		Vaudreuil organise les opérations de 1760 avec Lévis, mais bien qu'ils aient réussi à infliger une dernière défaite aux Britanniques dans la BATAILLE DE SAINTE-FOY, l'arrivée de la flotte anglaise au printemps oblige à nouveau le retrait vers Montréal.
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	AllRefer.com - Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de (Canadian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		He was the son of Philippe de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil (1643–1725), also governor (1705–25).
		During the last of the French and Indian Wars, Vaudreuil sought to discredit General Montcalm with the home government and to hamper his conduct of military affairs.
		After Vaudreuil's surrender of all Canada to the British in 1760, he was charged with maladministration, tried in France, and acquitted.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/V/Vaudreui.html (258 words)

	Encyclopedia: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		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, and pursued an enlightened policy towards the Native Americans in the region, who remained overwhelmingly pro-French.
		His son, Pierre de Cavagnal, Marquis de Vaudreuil, later served as the last governor-general of New France before its conquest by the British in 1760, during the French and Indian War.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Philippe-de-Rigaud-Vaudreuil (194 words)

	Acadian families (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The descendants of Pierre Arsenault are numerous, particularly on Prince Edward Island, in the Gaspé, in Louisiana and in New Brunswick.
		A son of Pierre - Joseph Arsenault - was militia captain at Restigouche, in 1759.
		Pierre died young leaving a son, Honore, who is the ancestor of the Bouchers of Isle-Madame and of Prince Edward Island.
	www.pinette.net /genealogy/acadian1.html (2570 words)

	CyberAcadie : Biographie : Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, marquis de Vaudreuil
		Vaudreuil devait mettre en œuvre toutes les mesures requises, malgré des ressources invariablement insuffisantes.
		Vaudreuil informa le ministre que les Canadiens avaient perdu confiance dans la compétence des officiers d’état-major français pour la conduite des opérations militaires sur le champ de bataille.
		Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil, était de toute évidence une personne nerveuse, au tempérament complexe, qui étouffait ses émotions et ne laissait quiconque dans son entourage soupçonner le trouble qui l’agitait intérieurement.
	www.cyberacadie.com /Biographie/f19_vaudreuil_de_cavagnial.htm (10827 words)

	Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
		VAUDREUIL, Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de, governor of Canada, born in the castle of Vaudreuil, near Castelnaudary, France, in 1640; died in Quebec, 11 October, 1725.
		--His eldest son, Louis Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil, French naval officer, born in Quebec, Canada, in 1691; died in Rochefort, France, 27 November, 1763, entering the Canadian militia at the age of sixteen, rose rapidly in the service, and held the rank of major at the death of his father.
		--Another grandson, Jean Louis de Rigaud, Count de Vaudreuil, French soldier, born in Cape Français in 1762; died in Paris, 20 April, 1816, entered the army in 1777 as lieutenant, went to America with Rochambeau, served as aide-de-camp to Chevalier de Chastellux, and was at Yorktown in October, 1781.
	www.famousamericans.net /philippederigaudvaudreuil (2450 words)

	Pierre Francois de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pierre Francois de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal (22 November 1698 – 4 August 1778) was a French Canadian colonial governor in the Americas.
		He was born November 22, 1698 to the governor of New France, Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil and his wife Louise-Elisabeth de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson, in Quebec.
		He was the last governor of New France (or Canada), during the period when the British conquered it in the Seven Years' War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pierre_de_Cavagnal,_Marquis_de_Vaudreuil (437 words)

	Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Pierre Francois, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal was a governor of New France.
		Vaudreuil's administration wasplagued by bad relations with the military, mismanagment and misappropriation of funds which greatly hindered the war effort.
		Governor Vaudreuil surrenders to the British Army on the terms of a treaty of capitulation.
	www.therfcc.org /RFCC/pierre-rigaud-de-vaudreuil-330593.html (155 words)

	Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil - Seven Years War - French and Indian War
		(1704-1778), last governor of New France (1755-60), was born at Montreal in 1704, the son of Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil and Louise Elisabeth Joybert de Soulanges.
		He became a captain in the troupes de la marine, and in 1733 was appointed governor of Three Rivers.
		His letters to the Chevalier de Lévis have been published by the Abbé H. Casgrain in his Collection des manuscrits du Maréchal de Lévis, vol.
	www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/encyclopedia/PierredeRigaudMarquisdeVaudreuil-Cavagnal.htm (346 words)

	14 septembre 1759 : mort du marquis de Montcalm et du général Wolfe devant Québec (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Montcalm appareille de Brest le 3 avril 1756, en compagnie du colonel Bougainville et d'un état-major comprenant le chevalier de Lévis et le colonel Bourlamaque.
		Le gouverneur Vaudreuil préconise une guerre de harcèlement en utilisant les milices canadiennes et les tribus indiennes ralliées, l'utilisation de troupes supplétives étant déjà un apanage bien français.
		Le 20 juin 1759, une armée de 40.000 hommes appuyée par 150 vaisseaux commence le siège de Québec, que protègent 6.000 soldats.
	www.herodote.net /17590914.htm (2016 words)

	LE MARQUIS DE MONTCALM-GOZON ... et le Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Governor Vaudreuil was a Canadian by birth, his family having been prominent in Canada since the opening of the 18th century.
		Vaudreuil resented Montcalm's presence in 'his Canada' and had tried vainly to persuade the French Court against sending a general officer to command the troops in North America.
		Vaudreuil's reply was that Montcalm "...ought to concern himself with nothing but the command of the troops from France.") The antagonistic spirit of the Governor was inherent also among the native born serving in the Canadian French army.
	hcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu /~gozon/mg25.html (3534 words)

	Personalities of Louisiana: Vaudreuil, Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de
		Vaudreuil de Cabagnial, Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de
		Born in Quebec, son of Phllippe de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil, governor-general of New France, and Louise-Elisabeth de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson.
		Vaudreuil's strategy was crippled by growing discord between the governor and Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm de Saint-Veran, commanding general of French troops in Canada.
	www.enlou.com /people/vaudreuilp-bio.htm (735 words)

	The soldier becomes a son of the land again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The seigniory of Vaudreuil conceded in 1702, is situated to the west of the Island of Montreal in Québec.
		This land is situated in the seigniory of Vaudreuil, in the "Anse de Vaudreuil", and would have been the lot number 11 in accordance with the seigniorial land papers.
		The parish registers of Vaudreuil reveal that, on November 27th 1768, "Jean-Baptiste Bezenaire" bought the piece of land number 29 at the 3rd concession (on the north of the long strip of farmland), in the "Petite Côte" (Small Hill) of Vaudreuil.
	www.besner.org /1-17-Settler.html (864 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		Dieskau was brought to France by his compatriot as an aide-de-camp in 1720 and served with him in various campaigns from 1733 to 1744.
		Vaudreuil considered the former operation a greater danger and planned a countermove against Oswego to deprive the British of their base of operations on the Great Lakes.
		Vaudreuil was vehement: Dieskau, by contravening orders not to divide his forces, had lost a chance to “massacre” the British.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=35441 (1397 words)

	Encyclopedia: Pierre de Cavagnal, Marquis de Vaudreuil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Pierre Francois de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal (1698–1778) was a French Canadian colonial governor in the Americas.
		He was the last governor of New France (or Canada), during the period when the British conquered it in the French and Indian War.
		CyberAcadie : Biographie : Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, marquis de Vaudreuil (http://www.cyberacadie.com/Biographie/f19_vaudreuil_de_cavagnial.htm) (in French)
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pierre-de-Cavagnal,-Marquis-de-Vaudreuil (431 words)

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		French magazines, bare of 1 It may cause surprise that it should be a matter of doubt and dispute to distinguish between the brothers Vaudreuil who had such important roles at the climax of the tragedy of New France.
		Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnal, last governor-general of New France, and Pierre Francois or Francois Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil, his brother, cannot both be fitted satisfactorily into the list of the children of the elder Marquis de Vaudreuil.
		L'Abbe Cyprien Tanguay [see Dictionnaire Genealogique des Families Canadiennes, 1:184, 3:352 and 6:568] assigns the baptismal date of Pierre, November 22, 1698, to the lesser of the two brothers, linking it with the latter's marriage, May 2, 1733, to Louise Fleury d'Eschambault.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /master/gc/gcmisc/gcfr/0008/00250019.txt (519 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		GAWÈHE (Degawehe, Gawickie, Goweaaey, Goweah, Koé, Kouée, Koweahe, baptized Pierre), chief councillor of the Wolf clan of the Oneidas.
		Encouraged by Johnson to pass a war belt through the Confederacy, the Oneida chief instead accepted a French invitation to a conference at Montreal with Governor Pierre de Rigaud* de Vaudreuil, where he declared his fidelity to the French.
		A possibility exists that Gawèhe was secretly acting in the English interest, for Johnson continued to pay him for services rendered; more likely he was assessing for the Iroquois the military strength of both European powers.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=35492 (373 words)

	Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de on Encyclopedia.com
		He was the son of Philippe de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil (1643-1725), also governor (1705-25).
		Devoted to those who, like himself, were Canadian-born, he nevertheless failed to check his thieving intendant, François Bigot.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/V/Vaudreui.asp (172 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Louisiana
		The latter floated down in Illinois River in 1682, and, entering the Mississippi, followed the course of the river to its mouth, and on 9 April took possession, in the name of Louis XIV, of the country watered by the Mississippi and its tributaries.
		As girls could not be sent to Europe to obtain an education, a school for them was absolutely necessary in New Orleans, and Bienville, at the suggestion of the Jesuit Father de Beaubois, asked that six Ursuline nuns be sent from France to attend to the hospital and to open a school for girls.
		A little later the spiritual care of all the savages in the province was given to the Jesuits, and their superior was allowed to reside in New Orleans, provided he performed no ecclesiastical functions without the consent of the Capuchins.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09378a.htm (5722 words)

	Patrimoine Militaire Canadien
		Vaudreuil refuse, probablement la mort dans l'âme, voulant éviter un bain de sang inutile et protéger les civils contre les éventuels méfaits d'une soldatesque débridée.
		Offensé de ne pouvoir mettre la main sur ces trophées, Amherst soupçonne les Français de les avoir cachés, provoquant un « scandale 22 », consigne-t-il dans son journal.
		Avec les femmes, les enfants et les domestiques qui accompagnent habituellement l'armée, le nombre de personnes sous leur garde excède les 4 000.
	www.phmc.gc.ca /cmh/fr/page_266.asp (377 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Vaudreuil
		Governor of Canada, born in Languedoc, France, in the first half of the seventeenth century, of Louis R. de Vaudreuil and Marie de Chateau-Verdun; died at Quebec, 10 October, 1725.
		The merit of the victories, Oswego, William-Henry, Carillon, has heretofore been too largely attributed to Vaudreuil, who never appeared in battle and merely issued orders that were often a hindrance instead of a help to the experienced and clear-sighted commander-in-chief, thereby rendering his exploits doubly heroic.
		Vaudreuil even tried in his correspondence to belittle Montcalm's merit, and was too easily influenced by Bigot and his unscrupulous clique who dilapidated the public treasure to the detriment of the army and of the nation.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15311a.htm (821 words)

	AN Mémoire Vivante - Le marquis de Rigaud de Vaudreuil
		Le marquis de Rigaud de Vaudreuil et madame de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, artiste inconnu, v.
		Un Canadien, le marquis Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, fut le dernier gouverneur de la Nouvelle-France.
		Jeanne-Charlotte de Fleury Deschambault, veuve de François Le Verrier de Roussan, épousa Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil en 1746.
	www.archives.ca /05/0509/050950/05095087_f.html (164 words)

	NA Living Memory - Marquis de Rigaud de Vaudreuil
		The marquis Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, a Canadian, was the last governor of New France.
		Jeanne-Charlotte de Fleury Deschambault, widow of François Le Verrier de Roussan, married Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil in 1746.
		These paintings were purchased in France from the descendants of the first husband of Madame de Rigaud de Vaudreuil.
	www.lac-bac.gc.ca /05/0509/050950/05095087_e.html (163 words)

	Construction maison neuve à Vaudreuil-Dorion
		Les premiers habitants de construction maison neuve de langue française s'établirent au 18e siècle sur le territoire du Seigneur de l'époque à qui appartenait Vaudreuil, Rigaud et Lotbinière.
		La majorité des premiers immigrants de la langue anglaise vinrent s'installer en construction de maison neuve après la guerre de 1812.
		Ainsi, à côté de la réputée Cité des Jeunes de Vaudreuil, berceau de la réforme de l'éducation au Québec, ce qui est ideales pour la construction d'une maison neuve.
	www.cpmdq.com /projets/vaudreuil/index.html (445 words)

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