Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial

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Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial was the last Governor General of New France, overseeing the colony during the Seven Years' War and its eventual surrender to the British.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French colonial administrator ⓘ
Governor General of New France ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance Kingdom of France ⓘ
appointedBy Louis XV of France ⓘ
birthDate 1698-11-22 ⓘ
birthPlace New France ⓘ
Quebec City ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
deathDate 1778-08-04 ⓘ
deathPlace Kingdom of France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
endTime 1760 ⓘ
ethnicGroup French ⓘ
familyName de Rigaud ⓘ
father Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil ⓘ
givenName Pierre ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
militaryConflict French and Indian War ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
militaryRank brigadier ⓘ
mother Louise-Élisabeth de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson ⓘ
nobleFamily Rigaud family ⓘ
nobleTitle Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial ⓘ
notableEvent French and Indian War ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
Surrender of Montreal ⓘ
notableFor being the last Governor General of New France ⓘ
overseeing the surrender of New France to Britain ⓘ
notableWork administration of New France during the Seven Years' War ⓘ
occupation colonial governor ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
positionHeld Governor General of New France ⓘ
Governor of New France ⓘ
predecessor Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville ⓘ
regionGoverned New France ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Montreal ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Quebec City ⓘ
spouse Jeanne-Charlotte de Fleury de La Gorgendière ⓘ
startTime 1755 ⓘ
successor Jeffery Amherst ⓘ
surrenderDate 1760-09-08 ⓘ
surrenderedTo British forces ⓘ
surrenderPlace Montreal ⓘ

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British campaign against New France → commander → Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial ⓘ
French colonial authorities in New France → notableOfficeHolder → Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil ⓘ
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Fox Wars (1712–1733) → participant → Governor Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil ⓘ
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Military history of New France → notableCommander → Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil ⓘ
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French and Indian War → commander → Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil ⓘ
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Battle of La Prairie → commander → Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil ⓘ
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Governor General of New France → positionHeldBy → Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil ⓘ
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Governor General of New France → positionHeldBy → Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial ⓘ
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Governor-General of Saint-Domingue → officeHoldersIncluded → Marquis de Vaudreuil ⓘ
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Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial → nobleTitle → Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial ⓘ
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Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial → father → Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil ⓘ
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Siege of Montreal (1760) → commander → Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil ⓘ
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Battle of Quebec (1711) → commander → Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil ⓘ
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Battle of Fort William Henry → commander → Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial ⓘ
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