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Jean-Baptiste du Casse

Lieutenant General
Jean-Baptiste du Casse
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Jean-Baptiste du Casse by Hyacinthe Rigaud (c. 1700)
Governor of Saint-Domingue
In office
October 1, 1691 – July, 1700
Succeeded by Joseph d'Honon de Gallifet
Personal details
Born (1646-08-02)August 2, 1646
Saubusse or Pau (France)
Died June 25, 1715(1715-06-25) (aged 68)
Bourbon-l'Archambault (Auvergne, France)
Spouse(s) Marthe (de) Baudry (1661-1743)
Relations Marthe du Casse (daughter)
Jean-Baptiste de La Rochefoucauld de Roye (grandson)
Awards Order of the Golden Fleece
Commander of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis
Military service
Allegiance Royal Standard of the King of France France
Service/branch Naval Ensign of the Kingdom of France French Navy
Years of service 1686-1714
Rank Lieutenant General (Vice Admiral)
Battles/wars War of the League of Augsburg
War of the Spanish Succession

Jean-Baptiste du Casse (August 2, 1646 – June 25, 1715) was a French buccaneer, admiral, and colonial administrator who served throughout the Atlantic World during the 17th and 18th centuries. Likely born August 2, 1646, in Saubusse, near Pau (Béarn), to a Huguenot family, du Casse joined the French merchant marine and served in the East India Company and the slave-trading Compagnie du Sénégal. Later, he joined the French Navy and took part in several victorious expeditions during the War of the League of Augsburg in the West Indies and Spanish South America. During the War of the Spanish Succession, he participated in several key naval battles, including the Battle of Málaga and the siege of Barcelona. For his service, he was made a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece by King Philip V of Spain. In the midst of these wars, he was Governor of the colony of Saint-Domingue from 1691-1703. He ended his military career at the rank of Lieutenant General of the naval forces (the highest naval military rank at the time in France, equivalent of a modern vice-admiral) and Commander of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis. He died on June 25, 1715 in Bourbon-l'Archambault, Auvergne.


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