Louis de Courbon, comte de Blénac
governor of Saint-Domingue (1713-1716)
Louis de Courbon, Comte de Blénac, Marquis de Coutré (died 10 July 1722) was governor of the French colony of Saint-Domingue from 1713 to 1716.
Family
Louis de Courbon, Marquis de Coutré, was the second son of Charles de Courbon de Blénac, marquis de la Roche-Courbon (died 10 June 1696), and Angélique de la Rochefoucaut.
His father became a maréchal de camp in the king's army, in 1669 became a ship's captain, and in 1677 was made governor and lieutenant general of the French Islands and all the lands of America.
Louis de Courbon had nine brothers and sisters.
As a boy he was a page of King Louis XIV.
He joined the navy in November 1675, and became a ship's captain (capitaine de vaisseau) in January 1689.
Governor of Saint-Domingue
Blénac was offered the position of Governor of Saint-Domingue to replace Nicolas de Gabaret in a latter of 13 September 1712.
He was named governor of Saint-Domingue in place of Nicolas de Gabaret on 1 October 1712, and was received by the Council of Cap François on 13 June 1713.
He took over from Paul-François de La Grange d'Arquien, who had acted as governor after Gabaret's death.
Blenac found the colony at peace, since under the Treaty of Utrecht the English had left.
However, there were constant squabbles over land among the settler families.
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