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Gilles de Gontaut-Hautefort


NationalityFrench 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth1666ref:673
Baptism23.10.1666 - Paris ref:673
First Known Service1685ref:673
Father
Gilles de Gontaut-Hautefort (Marquis de Hautefort)French
Naval Sailor
Service 1612-1693
ref:673
Last Known Service1722ref:673
Date of Death6.2.1727 - Paris ref:673
Burial1727 - St Sulpice, Paris ref:673

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1685 Garde de la Marineref:673
1691 Lieutenant de Vaisseauref:673
6.1692 Capitaine de Vaisseauref:673
6.1692 By distinction with the Bailli of Lorraine for having been in the battle of La Hougue (May 29, 1692), “in a rowboat, to sink two enemy fire-ships to bottom and to have towed a third to leeward of the Admiral of England ".ref:673
1698 , Capitaine de Vaisseau, and Commanding Officerref:673
1703 Appointed Capitaine de Port at Lorient

aka Port Louis

ref:673
2.1.1703 Appointed Chevalier l’Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louisref:673
1704 
Entreprenant (58) 1678-1722
French 58 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1680 Renamed "Entreprenant"
, Capitaine de Vaisseau, and Commanding Officer
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13.8.1704 Battle of Malaga 
1706 Under the orders of Claude de Forbin in the Mediterranean .ref:673
1712 Ecuyer de l’Amiral de Toulouse , Amiral de France . St Simon will be ironic, "his place with the Count of Toulouse had made him arrive cheaply in the Navy".ref:673
6.10.1712 Chef d'Escadreref:673
1722 Lieutenant-Général des Armées Navalesref:673
1726 Appointed Commandeur l’Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louisref:673

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ref:673Parcours d'officiers dans la Royale Web Site
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