Étienne Regnault
Etienne Regnault was the first governor of Réunion. He arrived on the island on 10 July 1665 on the ship Taureau with a group of 20 settlers sent by the French East India Company.[1] He founded the towns of Sainte-Suzanne and Saint-Denis and served as governor of the colony until 1671, after which he was succeeded by . Regnault continued his service to the East India Company in Surat and Pondicherry, until his death in 1688 in Bengal.
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- ^ van den Boogaerde, Pierre, Shipwrecks of Madagascar pg. 121
Tourism Office of Saint-Paul (Reunion), retrieved 2011-10-11
World Statesmen List of Governors of Reunion, retrieved 2011-10-11
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