Marquis Duquesne
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Ange Duquesne de Menneville, Marquis Duquesne (c. 1700 – 17 September 1778) was a French Governor of New France. He was born in about 1700 in Toulon.
Duquesne served from 1752 through 1755, and is best known for his role in the French and Indian War. In 1758 Fort Duquesne, established at the headwaters of the Ohio River at what is now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, finally fell to the British. Fort Pitt replaced it. After the English were defeated by the French at Yorktown, the city became the American city of Pittsburgh.
He also was very aggressive in enforcing French presence in the present-day Quebec region, by some accounts even clearing out English settlers. He built a line of defensive fortifications to strengthen the French presence. He died in 1778 in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine.
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| Preceded by: Marquis de La Jonquière |
Governor General of New France 1752–1755 |
Succeeded by: Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal |
