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Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez
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Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez: Facts & Related Content

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Born July 13, 1729 • France
Died December 8, 1788 (aged 59) • Paris • France
Role In American Revolution • Battle of Trincomalee
François-Joseph-Paul, count de Grasse
French naval commander
Charles-Hector, count d’Estaing
French naval officer
The Red Eminence
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
French statesman
The Marquis de Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette
French noble
Francis Garnier
French naval officer
Marie-Jules Dupré
French naval officer
Charles Gravier, count de Vergennes
French foreign minister
Louis-Adolphe Bonard
French admiral
Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve
French admiral
Francois de Vendome, duc de Beaufort, engraving by J.-B. Humbelot, 17th century
François de Vendôme, duke de Beaufort
French prince
Jean Ribaut
French naval officer
Charles Rigault de Genouilly
French admiral
Louis-Alexandre Berthier
Louis-Alexandre Berthier, prince de Wagram
marshal of France
André Jeanbon Saint-André
French clergyman
Roland-Michel Barrin, marquis de La Galissonnière
commandant-general of New France
Armand-Louis de Gontaut, duke de Biron
French military commander
Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
French general
Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, count de Toulouse
French admiral general
A French hero
Jean Bart
French military officer

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