Cyprien Lefebvre de Lézy

Cyprien Lefebvre de la Barre, chevalier de Lézy (16 December 1643 – March 1687), or Cyprien Lefèvre, Le Febvre, was governor of the French colony of Cayenne (French Guiana) from 1665 to 1667, and again from 1670 to 1679. During his term of office the colony was raided first by the English and then by the Dutch.

Cyprien Lefebvre de la Barre, chevalier de Lézy
Governor of Cayenne
In office
1665  23 September 1667
Preceded byAntoine de Noël de la Trompe d'Or
Succeeded byJean Morellet (de Facto) then
Antoine Lefèbvre de La Barre
Governor of Cayenne
In office
1670  March 1679
Preceded byAntoine Lefèbvre de La Barre
Succeeded byPierre-Eléonore de La Ville
Personal details
Born16 December 1643
DiedMarch 1687
Malta
NationalityFrench
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