Pierre de Roquefeuil-Montpeyroux was a French Navy officer. He served during the

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Biography

Roquefeuil was born in 1735 to the

House of Roquefeuil-Blanquefort The de Roquefeuil-Blanquefort family previously named de Blanquefort is a French noble family from Aquitaine and Rouergue whose proven filiation began in 1393 when Jean of Blanquefort married Catherine de Roquefeuil-Anduze. Their son Antoine too ...

. He grew up in Montpeyroux, Aveyron where his family owned the Château du Bousquet. On 19 September 1749, he joined the French Navy as a

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. He was promoted to

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on 1 May 1763. In 1773, he was made a Knight in the Order of Saint Louis. On 4 April 1777, he was promoted to captain and given command of the 32-gun frigate ''Oiseau''. He served Du Chaffault. In 1778, named

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on the 80-gun ship ''Saint-Esprit'', Roquefeuil participated to the battle of Ushant under Lamotte-Picquet. In 1779, he was given command of the frigate ''Renommée'', with which he captured two British ships. He then transferred to the

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''Zodiaque''. From 1781, he commanded the 74-gun ''Dauphin Royal''. He took part in the

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on 12 April 1782, and was later cleared by the inquiry into the battle. In 1783, he earned a membership in the Society of the Cincinnati. He retired on 8 February 1786 with the rank of

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, on medical grounds. Pierre de Roquefeuil-Montpeyroux died in 1789 in

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Family

In 1783, Roquefeuil married Léocadie de Lagadec with whom he had two children: * Adolphe, * Alphonse-Louis. Pierre de Roquefeuil-Montpeyroux is also the nephew of: *

Jacques Aymar de Roquefeuil et du Bousquet Jacques Aymar de Roquefeuil du Bousquet (14 November 1665, in château du Bousquet, Montpeyroux, Rouergue – 8/9 March 1744) was a French Navy admiral. Family He was a member of the de Roquefeuil-Blanquefort family from Languedoc in Fran ...

(1665-1744), *

Aymar Joseph de Roquefeuil et du Bousquet Aymar-Joseph de Roquefeuil du Bousquet (19 March 1714, in Brest, France – 1 July 1782, in Bourbonne-les-Bains), comte de Roquefeuil, was a French officer in the French Navy during the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI. Life The eldest son of ...

(1714-1782).

Sources and references

Notes Citations References * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Roquefeuil-Montpeyroux, Pierre de French Navy officers Roquefeuil-Montpeyroux, Pierre de French military personnel of the American Revolutionary War 1735 births 1789 deaths