Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande
Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande | |
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Governor of Tobago | |
In office 2 June 1781 – 1784 | |
Preceded by | George Ferguson |
Succeeded by | |
Governor of Saint-Domingue | |
In office 9 November 1790 – 1792 | |
Preceded by | Antoine de Thomassin de Peynier |
Succeeded by | Adrien-Nicolas Piédefer, marquis de La Salle |
Personal details | |
Born | Dijon, Kingdom of France | 21 February 1735
Died | 15 April 1793 Paris, French First Republic | (aged 58)
Cause of death | Execution by guillotine |
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Soldier |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Years of service | 1747–1793 |
Rank | Maréchal de camp |
Philippe (or Philibert) François Rouxel, viscount de Blanchelande[1] (21 February 1735 in Dijon – 15 April 1793 in guillotined in Paris) was a French general. He served 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,[2] 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 Adrien-Nicolas Piédefer, marquis de La Salle (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 Tribunal on 11 April 1793 and executed on 15 April.
Notes[]
- ^ "G.H.C. Nr 48 : April 1993 Page 775 Le début de la révolte de Saint Domingue dans la Plaine du Cap, vécu par Louis de Calbiac" (in French). Généalogie et Histoire de la Caraïbe. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
- ^ Bob Corbett (2001). "Haiti Rulers". Webster University. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
External links[]
- The Louverture Project: Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande - Article from Haitian history wiki.
- Governors of Trinidad and Tobago
- Governors of Saint-Domingue
- French military personnel of the American Revolutionary War
- People of the Haitian Revolution
- French people executed by guillotine during the French Revolution
- People from Dijon
- 1735 births
- 1793 deaths