Antoine André de Sainte-Marthe
Antoine André, chevalier de Sainte-Marthe de Lalande (1615 – 12 August 1679) was a French soldier who served in England, Belgium and Martinique. He is best known for his defeat of the Dutch in their attempted Invasion of Martinique (1674). As a young man he served as a captain of the guard of Queen Henrietta Maria of France, wife of Charles I of England. After the 1646 defeat of the royalists in the English Civil War he joined the French service and fought in Flanders against the Spanish until the conclusion of peace in 1659. After spending some time unemployed or with a peacetime garrison he joined the king's guard in 1667, and this led to his appointment as governor of Martinique from 1672 until his death in 1679.
Antoine André, chevalier de Sainte-Marthe de Lalande | |
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| Governor of Martinique | |
| In office 28 December 1672 – December 1679 | |
| Preceded by | Robert de Clodoré François Rolle de Laubière (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Jacques de Chambly |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1615 Richelieu, Indre-et-Loire, France |
| Died | 12 August 1679 Fort-de-France, Martinique |
| Occupation | Soldier |
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