Chevalier Alexandre Francois Joseph de Clouet Liet Colonel

  General Notes:

  Research Notes:

A "Statement and general inventory dated Sept. 5, 1789 was recorded at the St. Martin Parish Courthouse (OA-vol.7, #98) with Armand Ducrest and Jean Berard, both the Atakapas Post; Martin Duralde of "Oppeloussas," Francois Ceaar Boutte, Louis Grevember; de Lavillebeuvre as witnesses.
An "Act of the Widow and Children" is recorded in the St. Martin Parish Courthouse on Sept. 8, 1789 (OA-vol. 7, No. 90). The act by Louise and Alexandre Charles Chevalier Louis Brognier, her major son, brought the act. Witnesses were Berard, Martin Duralde, Armand Ducrest, Don Jean DelaVillebeuvre.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Alt. Birth, 1717, Cambrai, France.

• Immigration, Feb 1758, United States. He had compromised in a romantic affair a Beatrix de Choiseul, a sister to the Count de Stainville, who was French Minister under Louis XV. A "lettre de cachet" was issued in his name, but devoted friends took him from his home and brought him to Nantes, France. From there, he left for the United States.

• Military Service. He became a cadet in the service of France on February 2, 1740; promoted to acting Major General on March 2, 1746; made Lieutenant Colonel on February 20, 1758; Captain on February 19, 1766; made Captain in service of Spain on June 4, 1768; and breveted Lieutenant Colonel on February 17, 1778. He saw service in France in the regiment of Compte Dragon, later Egmont, Pignatelly, and in Louisiana in the detached troops of the Navy, serving as Commandant and Judge of the Attakapas and Opelousas Posts from 1779-1786. He replaced Gabriel Fuselier de la Claire, until he, himself, was replaced by Captain Jean Farault de la Villebeuvre.

The campaigns and battles in which he took part in France include the battle of Mhin, in the Fontenoy, Noucour, all seiges of Flanders and its campaigns, in which he was made a prisoner of war. He was wounded twice in the assault on Bergonson. In Louisiana, in the service of Spain, he was at the taking of Fort Bute at Manchac and the siege of Baton Rouge on the Mississippi River.

• Article: Louisiana Historical Association. ⁷ DECLOUET DE PIEDRE, Alexandre François Joseph, soldier, administrator. Born, Château Chambrésis, France, ca. 1717; son of Jean Martin de Clouet de Piedre and Laura Gambier. Military service: Campaigns: France, Battle of Mhin; Fontenoy, Noucour, in the sieges of Flanders, in which he was made a prisoner of war and wounded twice in the assault on Bergonson. In Louisiana, in the service of Spain at the taking of Fort Bute at Manchac and siege of Baton Rouge. Married, September 11, 1761, in New Orleans, Marie Louise Favrot of Baton Rouge, daughter of Claude Joseph Favrot and Louise Elizabeth Bruslé. Children: Alexandre Joseph (b. 1762), Alexandre, Jr. (b. 1763), Joseph Marie de Piedre (b. 1764), Charles Phillippe (b. 1765), Louis Jean Laurent Brognier (b. 1766), Auguste Pierre Lanois (b. 1768), Joseph Baltazar Neuville (b. 1770), August Albert Lanois (b. 1772), Pierre Auguste Lanois (b. 1773), Marie Louise Hyacinte (b. 1776), Pierre Joseph Favrot (b. 1778), Caroline Charlotte (b. 1779). First commandant of the Arkansas Post under Spanish rule. Replaced, 1774, Gabriel Fuselier de la Claire as commandant and judge of the Attakapas and Opelousas posts until replaced by Captain Jean Farault de la Villebeuvre. Died, July 31, 1789; interred New Orleans. D.S. Sources: Attakapas Gazette, III (1968); "de Clouet," Eunice News, November 21, 1973; "Portrait of Commandant de Clouet," St. Martinville Teche News, June 10, 1965; Alcée Fortier, ed., Louisiana, 3 vols. (1909), III; Quintilla Morgan Anders, comp., Some Early Families of Lafayette, Louisiana (1970); St. Louis Cathedral Archives, Book of Funerals, 1784-1793, p. 20, Act 532; Yvonne Pavy Weiss, "Alexandre De Clouet" (M.A. thesis, Louisiana State University, 1937).

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• Alt. Birth, 1726, Le Cateau (Flanders), France. ⁹

Alexandre married Demoiselle Marie Louise de Favrot, daughter of Messire Claude Joseph de Favrot and Dame Louise Elizabeth Bruslé, on 11 May 1761 in New Orleans, LA.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Wedding: Curch of St. Louis.

  Marriage Notes:

Both parties were of notable families and witnessses to the nuptials reflected that. They included Chevalier Ponfrac de Mazan, Louis Charles de Grand Pre, Gille Augustin Payen de Noyan, Pelletier de la Houssaye, Chevalier McCarty, Chevalier Francois Belisle, Francois Chauvin Delery, Chevalier Charles d'L'Hommer and Francois du Tillet.