René Duguay-Trouin
Sailor, Military Person
1673 – 1736
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Who was René Duguay-Trouin?
René Trouin, Sieur du Gué, usually called René Duguay-Trouin, was a famous French corsair of Saint-Malo. He had a brilliant privateering and naval career and eventually became "Lieutenant-General of the Naval Armies of the King", and a Commander in the Order of Saint-Louis. Ten ships of the French Navy were named in his honour.
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