Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte
18th-century French Navy officer and admiral / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Count Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte,[Note 1] also known as La Motte-Picquet (born 1 November 1720 in Rennes; died 10 June 1791 in Brest) was a French Navy officer and admiral. Over a career spanning 50 years, he served under Louis XV and Louis XVI and took part in 34 campaigns.[1] He fought in the Seven Years' War and in the Naval battles of the American Revolutionary War, earning the ranks of Commandeur in the Order of Saint Louis in 1780, and of Grand Cross in 1784. He died during the French Revolution.
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Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte | |
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Born | (1720-07-01)1 July 1720 Rennes, France |
Died | 10 June 1791(1791-06-10) (aged 70) Brest, France |
Allegiance | Kingdom of France |
Service/ | French Navy |
Years of service | 1735-1787 |
Rank | Lieutenant général des armées navales |
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Awards | Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Louis |
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