Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville
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Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville
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| Born |
October 26, 1668 Trois-Rivières, New France |
| Died | June 30, 1722 (aged 53) Fort Dauphin, Île-Royale (New France) |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of France
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| Years of service | 1676-1722 |
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| Awards | Order of Saint Louis |
Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville (26 October 1668 – 30 June 1722) was a colonial military officer of New France in the Compagnies Franches de la Marine. He is best known in North America for leading the raid on Deerfield, Province of Massachusetts Bay against English settlers on 29 February 1704. A dedicated soldier, he was widely reviled by the settlers of New England for his tactics of raiding poorly defended settlements. During Queen Anne's War he also participated in military operations against the English in Newfoundland, and he played a role in the early settlement of Île-Royale (present-day Cape Breton Island), after that war.
Hertel de Rouville was born into a military family in Trois-Rivières, in the colony of Canada, New France. Active in the troupes de la marine from an early age, he served with his father during a 1687 French military operation against the Seneca tribes of present-day western New York led by Governor of New France Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville, Marquis de Denonville.
During King William's War, Hertel was among the defenders during the 1690 Battle of Quebec. He was granted the seignory of Rouville at Mont Saint-Hilaire in 1694.
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