Abraham Duquesne

Marquis II Abraham Duquesne ( du Quesne also ); (* 1604-1610 in Dieppe, † February 1688 in Paris) was a French naval officer who served as admiral of the Swedish Navy.

He was the son of Abraham ( I. ) Duquesne and of Marthe de Caux. 1636 he was employed at the " Neptune " Squadron. 1637 he conquered the island of Lerins Islands by the Spanish. During this time his father died in a conflict with the Spaniards, which he was bitter towards them and called for revenge. He fought them in 1638 at Guetaria, 1639 in Corunna and 1641 in the battles at Tarragona, Barcelona and at Capo de Gata.

1643 Duquesne joined the Swedish army and fought against the Danish fleet at the Battle on the Kolberger Heath with the frigate Regina 24 Later, in Fehmarn, when the fleet was under the command of King Christian IV, the Danes were defeated and their Admiral killed. After 1645 Sweden and Denmark had made peace, Duquesne returned to France. 1650 he suppressed the outbreak of the Fronde a supported by the Spanish revolt in Bordeaux. In the same year he set up his own expense a squadron with which he blockaded the Gironde and forced the city to surrender. As a result, he received his promotion to commander of the new French fleet and as a gift a castle and the island of Indre (?).

After France and Spain had made ​​peace in 1659, Duquesne fought pirates in the Mediterranean. In the Dutch War, he fought against the Spanish- Dutch fleet in the Mediterranean, among others in the battle against Palermo. 1685, after canceling the Edict of Nantes, he was a Huguenot one of the few who were not persecuted for their Protestant faith. His son Henri Duquesne, however, fled to Switzerland.

Duqesne was buried in his castle of Le Bouchet. The town of Dieppe, whose most famous sons, he heard was his honor on September 22, 1844 up to the Place Nationale a statue.

Marriage and children

He was married to Gabrielle de Bernières.

  • Abraham III. du Quesne
  • Isaac du Quesne ( - 1745)
  • Jacob comte, you Quesne ( - 1740 )
  • Henri Duquesne, baron d' Aubonne (1652 - 1722)
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