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10 october 1725 vaudreuil , revel , haute-garonne jean-louis de rigaud de vaudreuil marie de château-verdun 1643 gg-vaudreuil . jpg philippe de rigaud vaudreuil
 philippe de rigaud , marquis de vaudreuil
philippe de rigaud vaudreuil

philippe de rigaud , marquis de vaudreuil -lrb- c. 1643 -- october 10 , 1725 -rrb- was a french politician , who was governor-general of new france -lrb- now canada and us states of the mississippi valley -rrb- from 1703 to 1725 , throughout queen anne 's war and father rale 's war .
born at the castle of vaudreuil , near castelnaudary , france .
he was the second son of jean-louis de rigaud -lrb- d. 1659 -rrb- , baron de vaudreuil ; seigneur d'auriac and de cabanial , by his wife marie de château-verdun , daughter of francois , seigneur de la razairie .
as chevalier de vaudreuil , he was sent to command french forces in new france before being appointed governor of montreal in 1702 , and then governor-general of new france in 1703 .
he died at quebec city .
he married a daughter of pierre de joybert de soulanges et de marson , by his wife marie-françoise , daughter of louis-théandre chartier de lotbinière .
they lived at château vaudreuil , which was built in 1723 by chaussegros de léry , but was eventually destroyed by a fire in 1803 .
their son , pierre françois de rigaud , marquis de vaudreuil-cavagnal , served as the last french governor-general of canada before the british conquest of new france from 1755 to 1760 during the french and indian war .
several of his other sons went on to distinguished careers in the french army and navy .
his grandson louis-philippe de vaudreuil defeated the english navy at the battle of yorktown -lrb- 1781 -rrb- on the `` septre '' , and was protecting george washington 's army in 1782 in boston aboard the `` triomphant '' .
his grandson also brought back the victorious french army of rochambeau , back to france after the siege of yorktown .
