page_title: Médéric Rolle de Goursolas
section_title: Martinique under du Parquet (1644–58)
hierarchical_section_title: Médéric Rolle de Goursolas / Martinique under du Parquet (1644–58)
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Физическая карта Малых Антильских Островов. English: Relief map of the Lesser Antilles Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 103&#160;%. Geographic limits of the map: N: 19.2° N S: 9.7° N W: 70.5° W E: 59.1° W
context_page_description: Médéric Rolle de Goursolas, or Médéric Rools de Gourselas, was a French soldier who was active in the French colonies in the Antilles, and for a period was governor of Martinique. He organized the expedition that drove the last Caribs out of Martinique and destroyed their villages.
context_section_description: Goursolas was aged 37 when he arrived in Martinique in 1644 with Constant d'Aubigné.
  He was accompanied by his brother François Rolle de Loubière.
  At the end of 1652 the governor of Martinique, Jacques Dyel du Parquet, returned to France for health reasons.
  He left Goursolas in charge as Major during the minority of his son.
  On 24 February 1653 Goursolas married Jeanne Hurault, daughter of Claude Jacques Huralt, esquire, and Anne Vinet.
  Du Parquet appointed Goursolas Lieutenant General of the island on 22 November 1653.
caption: Locations in the Lesser Antilles
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