The Governor of Isle de France was an official who ruled Isle de France (now

Republic of Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

) during the French

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period between 1721 and 1810. After the

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abandoned Mauritius, the island became a

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in September 1715 when

Guillaume Dufresne d'Arsel Guillaume Dufresne d'Arsel (born in 1668 in Saint-Malo, France) established France, French rule of Mauritius under the French East India Company in 1715. References

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landed and took possession of it, naming the island ''Isle de France''. The French government turned over the administration of Mauritius to the French East India Company, but the island remained bereft of Europeans until 1721. Furthermore, until 1735, Isle de France was administered from Île Bourbon, now known as

Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...

List of governors (1721-1810)

A list of French governors and governors-general of the country from 1721 to 1810.

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Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

Lists of political office-holders in Mauritius Isle de France (Mauritius) Governors of Isle de France (Mauritius)

List of governors (1721-1810)

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