| LC control no. | n 50004186 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Montcalm de Saint-Véran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759 |
| Variant(s) | De Saint-Véran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de Montcalm, 1712-1759 Gozon de Saint-Véran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de Montcalm-, 1712-1759 Montcalm-Gozon de Saint-Véran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759 Montcalm-Gozon, Louis Joseph de, marquis de Saint-Véran, 1712-1759 Montcalm, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759 Saint-Véran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de Montcalm de, 1712-1759 |
| Other standard no. | 0000000107876011 |
| Associated country | France Canada |
| Birth date | 1712-02-28 |
| Death date | 1759-09-14 |
| Place of birth | Vestric-et-Candiac (France) |
| Place of death | Québec (Québec) |
| Field of activity | Military art and science |
| Profession or occupation | Soldiers |
| Found in | Grande encyc. (Montcalm de Saint-Véran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de) Grand Larousse (Montcalm de Saint-Véran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de) Carroll, Joy. Wolfe & Montcalm, 2004: Can. CIP hdg., etc. (Montcalm, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759) Dictionary of Canadian Biography WWW site, viewed November 19, 2021 (Montcalm, Louis Joseph de, marquis de Montcalm; seigneur of Saint-Veran, Candiac, Tournemine, Vestric, Saint-Julien, and Arpaon, Baron de Gabriac, lieutenant-general; b. at Candiac, France, Feb. 28, 1712; d. at Quebec, Sept. 14, 1759; during the War of the Polish Succession he served in the Rhineland; at the outbreak of the War of the Austrian Succession he obtained the post of aide-de-camp to lieutenant-general the Marquis de La Fare and was wounded while besieged with the army of the Maréchal de Belle-Isle in Prague; on March 6, 1743 he acquired the colonelcy of the Régiment d'Auxerrois and for the remainder of the war campaigned in Italy; in April of the following year he was made a knight of Saint-Louis; as hostilities with the British began in North America, he was appointed major-general on March 11, 1756; he arrived in Quebec on May 13; his time in Canada was marked by conflict with the Governor General of New France, Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil; he took part in the successful attacks on Fort Frontenac in 1756 and Fort William Henry in 1757, but he decided not to advance on Fort Edward after the latter victory, to the fury of Vaudreuil; he was appointed a commander of the order of Saint-Louis in 1757; in 1758 he defeated the British at Carillon; on Oct. 20, 1758, he was promoted lieutenant-general and given command of all the military forces in Canada; he was mortally wounded in the defeat at Quebec in 1759) |
| Associated language | fre |
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