Joseph de Bauffremont with M de Broves being welcome into Smyrne by the French Consul 28 September 1766 detail

Entry of Joseph de Bauffremont into Smyrne 28 September 1766

Joseph de Bauffremont, Prince of Listenois (1714–1781), was a member of the

Bauffremont The House of Bauffremont is the name of a French noble family of Princes which derived its name from a village in the Vosges, outside of Neufchâteau, now spelt Beaufremont. The family traces itself to Liébaud, sire de Bauffremont, in 1090. T ...

family, and a

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officer under

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. He was a commander in the

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. On 16 March 1757 his squadron captured the 50-gun , commanded by Captain

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, off Saint-Domingue. That same year, Joseph de Bauffremont brought to Louisbourg five ships-of-the-line and a frigate from Saint Domingue, permitting a strong French naval deployment that repulsed the attempts of Lord Loudon in the

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. The British would succeed however the following year in the

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. In 1766, as Lieutenant General of the Navy, was put in charge of a naval division tasked with protecting trade in the

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. His flagship was the '' Protecteur''. His entry into Smyrne on 28 September 1766 was depicted in an anonymous painting, now visible in the Musée de la Marine. Musée de la Marine exhibit

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bauffremont, Joseph 1714 births 1781 deaths French Navy officers

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