Gabriel Marie Joseph, comte d'Hédouville
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Gabriel-Marie-Théodore-Joseph, comte d'Hédouville (1755 — 1825) (also Thomas Hedouville) was a French diplomat. Under the Consulat he was minister pleniplotentiary at Saint Petersburg, until the Tsar broke relations with France; Hédouville left Saint Petersburg 7 June 1804.
Hédouville was sent by France to be governor of Saint-Domingue during Sonthonax's second commission. He encouraged the dissension between André Rigaud and Toussaint Louverture.[1][2] Toussaint's military leadership during the Haitian Revolution enabled the rebellious slaves to gain the upper hand and to restore most of Saint-Domingue to France. Now that he ruled the island, Toussaint did not wish to surrender power to France and continued to effectively rule the country autonomously. Hédouville was one of the rivals to power Toussaint had to overcome. Hédouville was eventually forced to flee.[3] However, before he left he was able to fatally divide Toussaint and André Rigaud.[4]
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- ^ Comte d'Hédouville. The Louverture Project. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
- ^ Toussaint L'Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography: Electronic Edition. University of North Carolina. Retrieved on 2007-08-22.
- ^ The Haitian Revolution of 1791-1803 - Toussaint and Independence. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
- ^ Review of Haitian Revolution Part II. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
