page_title: Charles Auger
section_title: Marie-Galante (1683–92)
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Auger / Career / Marie-Galante (1683–92)
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the Caribbean and Central America. Bounding box West -93°, South 7°, East -58°, North 28°. Center at 17°30′00″N 75°30′00″W&#xfeff; / &#xfeff;17.50000°N 75.50000°W.
context_page_description: Charles Auger de La Motte was a French colonial administrator.
  He was governor in turn of Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe and Saint-Domingue.
context_section_description: Auger was appointed king's lieutenant of Marie-Galante, just south of Guadeloupe, on 28 September 1683, and on 1 January 1686 became governor of Marie-Galante.
  He replaced the Marquis de Maintenon, who had spent only two months on the island during his three years in office.
  The Nine Years' War lasted from 1688 and 1697 and was fought by a coalition of states including the Dutch and English who were opposed to Louis XIV of France.
  Marie-Galante was abandoned in 1692 due to English raids, and Auger went to Martinique to help defend that island.
caption: Islands in the Caribbean. Marie-Galante is 20km SE of Guadeloupe
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