Bertrand-François Mahé, comte de La Bourdonnais (11 February 1699 – 10 November 1753) was a French Navy officer and colonial administrator who was employed by the French East India Company .
9-460: La Bourdonnais may refer to: Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1699–1753), French naval officer Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1795–1840), chess player and grandson of Bertrand-François Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title La Bourdonnais . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
18-591: A squadron of 3,342 men, including 720 slaves, and led a military expedition from Isle de France to Madras in India. His victory increased the rivalry with Governor of Pondicherry, Joseph François Dupleix . Soon Labourdonnais was accused of receiving money from the British East India Company and in 1746 he was forced to return to France to face trial and was jailed at the Bastille for 3 years. He
27-749: A vote in the National Assembly in August 1798. His grandson was the strong chess player Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais . In December 1827 a lead-lined coffin containing the remains of Labourdonnais' wife and child was discovered during repairs of a government building near the Jardin de la Compagnie . Lyc%C3%A9e La Bourdonnais Lycée La Bourdonnais ( LLB ) is a French international school in Curepipe , Mauritius . It serves primary school through lycée (senior high school/sixth form). It
36-515: Is an estate named Domaine de Labourdonnais with its manor house known as Le Château de Labourdonnais , built in 1856, and now converted into a museum. A statue of La Bourdonnais was erected at Place D'Armes in Port Louis on 30 August 1859 during a ceremony. In Curepipe a school called Lycée La Bourdonnais was founded in 1953, where the curriculum is modelled on practices in France. There
45-669: Is another statue of La Bourdonnais in the port of Saint-Malo , France. In Saint-Denis, Réunion a statue of La Bourdonnais was also erected, and a suburb is named Cité Labourdonnais . However the statue and suburb in Reunion island have been the target of anti-slavery protesters since 2020. In March and April 1738 two of Labourdonnais' children died and in May 1738 his wife also died on Isle de France (Mauritius) . His daughter Montlezun Pardiac continued to live on Isle de France (Mauritius) and received an annual pension of 3,000 Louis following
54-468: The Isle de France (present-day Mauritius ) and the Île de Bourbon (present-day Réunion ). His first five years' administration of the islands was vigorous and successful. He significantly increased the enslaved African population in Isle de France (Mauritius) which grew from only 638 in 1735 by around 1,300 annually. Labourdonnais also brought 70 slaves for his own estate. In 1744 Labourdonnais assembled
63-428: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La_Bourdonnais&oldid=845394500 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bertrand-Fran%C3%A7ois Mah%C3%A9 de La Bourdonnais La Bourdonnais entered
72-658: The service of the French East India Company as a lieutenant. In 1724, he was promoted to captain, and displayed such bravery in the capture of Mahé on the Malabar Coast that the name of the town was added to his own; although an alternative account suggests that the town adopted his name, rather than the other way around. For two years he was in the service of the Portuguese Viceroy, but in 1735 he returned to French service as governor of
81-626: Was replaced by Pierre Félix Barthelemy David, the son of a director of the French East India Company . In 1742 his name was given to the main island ( Mahé Island ) of the Seychelles archipelago by French explorer Lazare Picault . In 1806 the French General Decaen founded and named the historic port village of Mahébourg in homage to Mahé de La Bourdonnais. Close to the village of Mapou , in Rivière du Rempart District, there
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