Louis Billouart
Louis Billouart de Kerlérec | |
|---|---|
| 11th French Governor of Louisiana | |
| In office 1753–1763 | |
| Monarch | Louis XV |
| Preceded by | Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 27, 1704 |
| Died | September 8, 1770 (aged 66) |
| Spouse | Marie Josèphe du Bot |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of France |
| Branch/service | French Navy |
| Years of service | 1718-1763 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Battles/wars | Natchez Revolt War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War |
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Louis Billouart, Chevalier de Querría (1704–1770) was a French naval officer who was governor of the French colony of Louisiana from 1753 to 1763. Kerlérec was a minor aristocrat from Quimper, Finistère. In the late 1750s, during the Seven Years' War, he got into conflict with other officials and had three men recalled to France. They ultimately secured the support of the government, which recalled Kerlérec in 1763 and exiled him from Paris for a year. He was exonerated and remained in Paris for his last years.