Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande

French General and Governor of Saint-Domingue

Date of Birth: 21-Feb-1735

Place of Birth: Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 15-Apr-1793

Profession: colonial administrator

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Philippe (or Philibert) François Rouxel, viscount de Blanchelande (21 February 1735 in Dijon – 15 April 1793 in guillotined in Paris) was a French general.
He was serving as Governor of Saint-Domingue at the start of the Haitian Revolution. In 1781, Maréchal de camp Blanchelande took Tobago from the British and was Governor from 1781 to 1784.
He succeeded Governor General of Saint-Domingue, de Peinier, at the end of 1790.
In 1791, during the Haitian Revolution, Rouxel led the Royalist forces against the revolt and its leader, Dutty Boukman.
In 1792, he was replaced as Governor by Jean-Jacques d'Esparbes (who would himself be replaced by François-Thomas Galbaud du Fort after June 1793).
Convicted of counter-revolutionary actions and treason, Blanchelande was condemned to the guillotine by a revolutionary Court on 11 April 1793 and executed on 15 April.