Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy
Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy (c. 1603 – 1670) was a French military leader, statesman, and the seigneur of Tracy-le-Val and Tracy-le-Mont in Picardy, France. A professional soldier, he was a regimental commander during the Thirty Years Wars, and was later appointed commissary general of French forces in Germany. In 1663, he was commissioned lieutenant-général of the French colonies in the Americas. In 1664, he led an expedition that expelled the Dutch from Guiana. The following year he sailed to New France where, in 1666, he led the Carignan-Salieres Regiment and Canadien volunteers in an invasion of the Mohawk homeland. He returned to France after reaching peace settlements with the Mohawk and the other Iroquois nations, and was appointed commandant at Dunkirk, and later governor of the Château Trompette in Bordeaux.
Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy Seigneur of Tracy-le-Val and Tracy-le-Mont | |
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| Born | c. 1603 |
| Died | 28 April 1670 Paris |
| Occupation(s) | Military leader and statesman |
| Lieutenant Général of the Americas | |
| In office November 1664 – 1667 | |
| Governor general of the French Antilles | |
| In office 7 Jun 1664 – April 1665 | |
| Preceded by | Phillippe de Longvilliers de Poincy |
| Succeeded by | Antoine Lefèbvre de La Barre |
| Governor of New France (acting) | |
| In office 6 May 1665 – 12 September 1665 | |
| Preceded by | Augustin de Saffray de Mésy |
| Succeeded by | Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle |
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