Jean-Baptiste du Casse - French privateer, admiral (1646)

[Anatol]

Jean-Baptiste du Casse (2 August 1646 – 25 June 1715) was a French privateer , admiral and colonial administrator who lived in the 17th century. and 18th century served throughout the Atlantic world . Du Casse was probably born on August 2, 1646 in Saubusse near Pau ( Béarn ) to a Huguenot family . He joined the French merchant navy and served in the East India Company and the slave trading Compagnie du Sénégal . He later joined the French Navy and took part in several victorious expeditions during the War of the Augsburg Confederation in the West Indies and Spanish South America. During the War of the Spanish Succession he took part in several important naval battles, including the Battle of Málaga and the Siege of Barcelona . For his service, he was made a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece by King Philip V of Spain. In the midst of these wars, he served as governor of the colony of Saint-Domingue from 1691 to 1703 . He ended his military career with the rank of Lieutenant General of the Naval Forces (the highest naval military rank in France, equivalent to a modern vice-admiral ) and Commander of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis . He died on June 25, 1715 in Bourbon-l'Archambault , Auvergne .
The stamp depicts a portrait of Jean-Baptiste du Casse against the background of the painting: “The Battle at Cape Lizard October 21, 1707"by artist Jean Antoine Theodore de Gudin. The painting is shown reverse side.

PMR 2019; [R].
Source: https://de.wikibrief.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_du_Casse.