Louis de Raimondis
French Navy officer of the 18th century
Louis de Raimondis (Draguignan, 1723 — Lorgues, 1 February 1788) was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence, and became a member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
Biography
Raimondis was born to a family from Provence with a strong naval tradition, and a long involvement in the administrative affairs of the Kingdom. Members of the family had held positions of Seneschal or of Lieutenant principal and Lieutenant général in the administration, and had been supporters of the Crown during the Fronde. One of his ancestors had served as major general of the Navy and had been killed at the Battle of La Hougue.
Raimondis joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine in 1745. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1757. He served on Modeste in the squadron under La Clue, under Dulac de Montvert.
In 1769, he captained the xebec Singe off Porto-Vecchio. In 1770, he took part in the French conquest of Corsica as an officer on the 64-gun Provence.
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