Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande
Philippe François Rouxel, viscount de Blanchelande (21 February 1735 – 15 April 1793) was a French military officer, nobleman and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Saint-Domingue from 1790 to 1792. He was born on 21 February 1735 in Dijon, France, and subsequently enlisted in the French Royal Army, rising to the rank of Maréchal de camp by 1781. In that year, Blanchelande led a French expeditionary force which captured Tobago from the British. He was subsequently made governor of the island, serving from 1781 to 1784.[1]
Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande | |
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| Governor of Tobago | |
| In office 2 June 1781 – 1784 | |
| Preceded by | George Ferguson |
| Succeeded by | Vicomte d'Arrot |
| Governor of Saint-Domingue | |
| In office 9 November 1790 – 1792 | |
| Preceded by | Antoine de Thomassin |
| Succeeded by | Marquis de La Salle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 February 1735 Dijon, France |
| Died | 15 April 1793 (aged 58) Paris, France |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  France |
| Years of service | 1747–1793 |
| Rank | Maréchal de camp |
Blanchelande subsequently succeeded Antoine de Thomassin de Peynier as governor of Saint-Domingue at the end of 1790.[2] In 1791, during the Haitian Revolution, Rouxel led French troops against rebel slaves led by 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 the Revolutionary Tribunal on 11 April 1793 and executed on 15 April.[3]
Notes
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ Popkin, Jeremy D. (2014). "The French Revolution's Royal Governor: General Blanchelande and Saint Domingue, 1790–92". The William and Mary Quarterly. 71 (2): 203–228. doi:10.5309/willmaryquar.71.2.0203. ISSN 0043-5597. JSTOR 10.5309/willmaryquar.71.2.0203.
External links
edit- The Louverture Project: Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande - Article from Haitian history wiki.