François-Marie Renaud d'Avène des Meloizes
| Captain François-Marie Renaud d'Avène des Meloizes |
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| Born | 1655 Lormes, Nivernais
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| Died | April 22, 1699 (aged 44)  Quebec City
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Captain François-Marie Renaud d'Avène des Méloizes (1655– April 22, 1699) was a French Cavalry officer who came to New France in 1685 in command of the Troupes de Marine and led the successful expedition against the Senecas. The Comte de Frontenac considered him "one of the best and wisest officers" in Canada. He is buried in the vaults of Notre-Dame Basilica-Cathedral, Quebec City.
Born at Château des Aubues, Lormes, Bourgogne; the ancestral home of his mother's family since the early fifteenth century. He was the son of Edmé Renaud d’Avène, Seigneur des Méloizes et de Berges. His mother, Adrienne de Montsaulnin, was the daughter of Colonel Adrien de Montsaulnin of Château des Aubues; Seigneur de Montal, Aubues and Sancy; by his wife Gabrielle de Bussy-Rabutin of Château de Bussy-Rabutin; Dame de Chantal and Montal. Renaud was a first cousin of Louis de Montsaulnin (d.1686), 1st Marquis de Montsaulnin; and the uncle of General Louis de Montsaulnin (1688-1743), a godson of Louis XIV of France and later Governor of Luxembourg etc.
His uncle, Lt.-General Charles de Montsaulnin (1621-1696), of , Le Comte de Montal and Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Louis, Grand Condé, gained Renaud d’Avène des Méloizes a commission into Condé's regiment in 1668. Four years later, he was a Standard-bearer in the Dragoons and the following year he held the same position in the Cavalry of the French Royal Army.
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