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Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte

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French admiral

FranceLived 1720 to 1791 · aged 70
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Lieutenant général des armées navales Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte was a French Navy officer. Over a career spanning 50 years, he served under Louis XV and Louis XVI and took part in 34 military engagements.

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1898 painting by Edward Moran, depicting Robuste firing her nine-gun salute for the US flag on USS Ranger.1898 painting by Edward Moran, depicting Robuste firing her nine-gun salute for the US flag on USS Ranger.The 1779 "Combat de la Martinique", by Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy.The 1779 "Combat de la Martinique", by Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy.Bust of Picquet de la Motte by Isidore-Hippolyte Brion, on display at the Musée National de la Marine.Bust of Picquet de la Motte by Isidore-Hippolyte Brion, on display at the Musée National de la Marine.

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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Louis

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Michel Marie ClaparèdeAlso won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint LouisJacques-Pierre de Taffanel de La Jonquière, Marquis de La JonquièreAlso won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint LouisLouis Guillouet, comte d'OrvilliersAlso won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint LouisÉtienne Tardif de Pommeroux de BordesoulleAlso won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint LouisArmand-Charles GuilleminotAlso won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint LouisFrançois Étienne de Rosily-MesrosAlso won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Louis

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Lieutenant général des armées navales Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte was a French Navy officer. Over a career spanning 50 years, he served under Louis XV and Louis XVI and took part in 34 military engagements. He fought in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War, earning the ranks of Commandeur in the Order of Saint Louis in 1780, and of Grand Cross in 1784. He died during the French Revolution.

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France
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Lived 1720 to 1791 · aged 70
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