Jean-Baptiste du Casse, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French admiral and buccaneer
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Place of Birth: Saubusse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
About Jean-Baptiste du Casse
- Jean-Baptiste du Casse (2 August 1646 – 25 June 1715) was a French buccaneer, admiral, and colonial administrator who served throughout the Atlantic World during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Likely born 2 August 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 25 June 1715 in Bourbon-l'Archambault, Auvergne.
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Attributed to Hyacinthe Rigaud
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Hyacinthe François Honoré Mathias Pierre André Jean Rigaud Hyacinthe Rigaud y Ros Hyacinthe Rigault | ||
| Description | French painter, professor, draughtsman and pastellist | ||
| Date of birth/death | 18 July 1659 / 1659 | 29 December 1743 | |
| Location of birth/death | Perpignan | Paris | |
| Work location | Perpignan (1669-1670), Lyon (1677-1681), Paris (1681-1743), Rome (1682), Perpignan (1695) | ||
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