Charles de Kermovan de Gouzillon
{{short description|French Navy officer of the War of American Independence}}
{{Original research|date=May 2020}}
Charles de Kermovan de Gouzillon {{refn|Also written "Kermovant".{{sfnp|Lacour-Gayet|1910|p=617}}{{sfnp|Lacour-Gayet|1910|p=624}} Gouzillon was also Count of Kermeno.{{sfnp|Contenson|1934|p=185}}|group=Note}} was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence.
Biography
Gouzillon was the first son of his parents. He was brother to Chef de Division Andrée-Marie de Gouzillon de Bélizal, and cousin to Lieutenant Jean-Michel-Guillaume de Gouzillon.{{sfnp|Contenson|1934|p=185}} Kermovan de Gouzillon joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 4 July 1754.{{sfnp|Lacour-Gayet|1910|p=624}}
He was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 February 1770.{{sfnp|Lacour-Gayet|1910|p=624}} In 1778, he was the first officer of the 64-gun Éveillé, under Captain du Botderu, in the squadron under Orvilliers.{{sfnp|Lacour-Gayet|1910|p=617}}
On 4 April 1780, Gouzillon was promoted to Captain.{{sfnp|Lacour-Gayet|1910|p=624}} He commanded the 64-gun Ardent at the Battle of the Saintes,{{sfnp|Marley|1998|p=522}} and was wounded several times during the battle.{{sfnp|Contenson|1934|p=185}}
He retired on 6 March 1785.{{sfnp|Lacour-Gayet|1910|p=624}}
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References
- {{cite book |last1=Contenson |first1=Ludovic |authorlink1=Ludovic de Contenson|title=La Société des Cincinnati de France et la guerre d'Amérique (1778-1783) |date=1934 |publisher=éditions Auguste Picard |location=Paris|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65709399/f319.item.r|oclc=7842336}}
- {{cite book |last=Lacour-Gayet |first=Georges|authorlink=Georges Lacour-Gayet|title=La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI |date=1910 |publisher=Honoré Champion |location=Paris |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1181278.texteImage|pages=431–434}}
- {{cite book |last1=Marley |first1=David |title=Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present |date=1998 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=0874368375 |page=343 }}
- {{Cite book|first=Onésime-Joachim|last=Troude|authorlink=Onésime-Joachim Troude|year=1867|publisher=Challamel ainé|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwZv6FX-RpsC|title=Batailles navales de la France|language=French|volume=2}}
External links
- {{cite web |last1=Rouxel |first1=Jean-Christophe |title=André Marie GOUZILLON de BELIZAL |url=http://ecole.nav.traditions.free.fr/officiers_gouzillon_andre.htm |website=Parcours de vie dans la Royale |accessdate=8 May 2020}}
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Category:Year of death unknown
Category:French military personnel of the American Revolutionary War