Talk:Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial

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This page is absurdly biased. It makes no mention of Vaudreuil's corruption, his administrative incompetance, or military meddling.

Are you sure you are not mixing him up with the intendant Bigot? -- Mathieugp 23:12, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

A few problems came up during merging these articles:

Was he born in Montreal or Quebec City?
Did he die on October 20, 1765 or August 4, 1778?
Is his name de Cavagnal or de Rigaud or both? Rmhermen 16:11, Sep 27, 2004 (UTC)

After a quick verification

I looked up three different sources. (see below)

The sources I looked up all indicated Quebec City. Not sure where the reference to Montreal comes from. Maybe worth looking.
The same sources indicate August 4, 1778, in Paris.
The same sources indicate both names.

In the Historica Canadian Encyclopedia:

"Vaudreuil, Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, Marquis de (sometimes Vaudreuil-Cavagnial), officer, last governor general of New France 1755-60 (b at Québec C 22 Nov 1698; d at Paris, France 4 Aug 1778), son of Philippe de Rigaud de VAUDREUIL"

In his biography at CyberAcadie:

"RIGAUD DE VAUDREUIL DE CAVAGNIAL, PIERRE DE, marquis de Vaudreuil, officier dans les troupes de la Marine et dernier gouverneur général de la Nouvelle-France, né à Québec le 22 novembre 1698, quatrième fils de Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, marquis de Vaudreuil, et de Louise-Élisabeth de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson, décédé à Paris le 4 août 1778."

In the Dictionnaire général du Canada of Louis Le Jeune:

"VAUDREUIL (Pierre de Cavagnal, marquis de) (1698-1778), frère du précédent [Philippe-Antoine de Rigaud], enseigne, lieutenant, capitaine, major des troupes, gouverneur des Trois-Rivières, puis de la Louisiane, gouverneur général de la Nouvelle-France et grand-croix de Saint-Louis. - Cavagnac, commune dans le Lot. [II-764]

Né à Québec le 22 novembre 1698, il était le quatrième des fils de Philippe de Rigaud. "

-- Mathieugp 19:14, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)

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