Henri du Couëdic de Kerérant, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henri du Couëdic de Kerérant

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1868

Place of Birth: Fontenay-le-Comte, Pays de la Loire, France

Date of Death: 17-Feb-1947

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Admiral Henri du Couëdic de Kerérant (1868–1947) was a 20th-century French naval officer, serving during the First and Second World Wars.
He was the commanding officer of the ship Jean-Bart in the Dardanelles during the Black Sea Mutiny.
He restored authority on the ship that had been taken over by the mutineers.
From June 1924 he was the commander in chief of the Division Navale du Levant (covering the eastern Mediterranean, the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles, the Black Sea, the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden).Henri du Couëdic de Kerérant is issued from a very ancient noble family from Brittany dating back from the crusades (7th Crusade) and with a strong naval tradition.
One of his ancestors was Ollivier du Couëdic de Kerdrain, Secrétaire Général des galéres, during the Regency (from 1713 until 1738) in France.
His grandson Michel du Couëdic de Kerérant followed in his tracks as a capitaine de Vaisseau in the French Navy.