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Jacques Aymar de Roquefeuil et du Bousquet (Comte de Roquefeuil)


NationalityFrench 
RolesNaval Sailor, Administrator 
Date of Birth14.11.1665 - Château du Bousquet , Montpeyroux , Aveyron, Guyenne ref:631
First Known Service3.1681ref:631
WifeJeanne Louise (du Main d'Augerets) du Mains - Married 4.8.1712 - Lambézellec, Brest ref:631
Sonref:631
Son
René Aymar de Roquefeuil (Vicomte de Roquefeuil)French
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1780
ref:631
Grandson
Alexandre Amable de RoquefeuilFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1757-1785
ref:631
Last Known Service1722ref:631
Date of Death9.3.1744 - on board Le Superberef:631

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
  Appointed Comte de Roquefeuilref:631
3.1681 Garde de la Marineref:673
1.1687 Enseigne de Vaisseauref:673
1.1691 Lieutenant de Frégateref:673
1703 Capitaine de Vaisseauref:631
22.6.17031704
Le Ludlow (30) 1703-1729
French 30 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Capitaine de Vaisseau, and Commanding Officer
ref:673
31.10.1705 
Protée (52) 1700-1725
French 52 Gun
4th Rate Frigate (Frégate-Vaisseau de 1er Ordre)
1705 Renamed "Protée"
, Capitaine de Vaisseau, and Commanding Officer
 
1707 
La Dauphine (60) 1706-1719
French 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Capitaine de Vaisseau, and Commanding Officer
ref:692
1.5.1707 Action off Brighthelmstone 
10.10.1707 Battle of the Lizard 
1722 
L'Eclatant (64) 1721-1764
French 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Capitaine de Vaisseau, and Commanding Officer
ref:673
17221723
L'Amazone (42) 1707-1748
French 42 Gun
4th Rate Frigate
, Capitaine de Vaisseau, and Commanding Officer
ref:673
1724 
L'Hercule (60) 1705-1746
French 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Capitaine de Vaisseau, and Commanding Officer
ref:673
27.3.1728 Chef d'Escadreref:673
1.5.1741 Lieutenant-Général des Armées Navalesref:673
17449.3.1744
Le Superbe (74) 1738-1759
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Lieutenant-Général des Armées Navales,
ref:673
6.2.17449.3.1744Command the squadron of 19 ships assembled in Brest in early 1744 to protect the landing in England of Charles Edouard Stuart. On February 6, 1744, he sailed from Brest to the outskirts of Pas-de-Calais but the presence of an English squadron much larger in number forced him to turn back ...ref:631
6.2.174419.3.1744Commander of the French Fleet 1744 for Landing in England  

Notes on Officer


Carrierref:631

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