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See also:DUQUESNE, See also:ABRAHAM, See also:MARQUIS (1610-1688) , See also:French See also:naval officer, was See also:born at See also:Dieppe in 161o. Born in a stirring seaport, the son of a distinguished naval officer, he naturally adopted the profession of a sailor. He spent his youth in the See also:merchant service, and obtained his first distinction in naval warfare by the See also:capture of the See also:island of Lerins from the Spaniards in May 1637. About the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time his See also:father was killed in an engagement with the Spaniards, and the See also:news raised his hatred of the See also:national enemy to the See also:pitch of a See also:personal and See also:bitter animosity. For the next five years he sought every opportunity of inflicting defeat and humiliation on the See also:Spanish See also:navy, and he distinguished himself by his bravery in the engagement at Guetaria (1638), the expedition to See also:Corunna (1639), and in battles at See also:Tarragona (1641), See also:Barcelona (1643), and the Cabo de Gata.
The French navy being See also:left unemployed during the minority of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV., Duquesne obtained leave to offer his services to the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Sweden, who gave him a See also:commission as See also:vice-See also:admiral in 1643. In this capacity he defeated the Danish See also:fleet near See also:Gothenburg and thus raised the See also:siege of the See also:city. The Danes returned to the struggle with increased forces under the command of King See also:Christian in See also:person, but they were again defeated—their admiral being killed and his See also:ship taken. See also:Peace having been concluded between Sweden and See also:Denmark in 1645, Duquesne returned to See also:France. The revolt at See also:Bordeaux, supported as it was by material aid from See also:Spain, gave him the opportunity of at once serving his See also:country and gratifying his See also:long-cherished hatred of the Spaniards. In 165o he fitted out at his own expense a See also:squadron with which he blockaded the mouth of the See also:Gironde, and compelled the city to surrender. For this service he was promoted in See also:rank, and received a See also:gift of the See also:castle and isle of See also:Indre, near See also:Nantes. Peace with Spain was concluded in 1659, and for some years afterwards Duquesne was occupied in endeavours to suppress piracy in the Mediterranean. On the revolt of See also:Messina from Spain, he was sent to support the insurgents, and had to encounter the See also:united fleets of Spain and See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland under the command of the celebrated Admiral de Ruyter. After several battles, in which the See also:advantage was generally on the See also:side of the French, a decisive engagement took See also:place near See also:Catania, on the loth of See also:April 1676, when the Dutch fleet was totally routed and de Ruyter mortally wounded. The greater See also:part of the defeated fleet was afterwards burned in the See also:harbour of See also:Palermo, where it had taken See also:refuge, and the French thus secured the undisputed command of the Mediterranean. For this important service Duquesne received a See also:letter of thanks from Louis XIV., together with the See also:title of marquis and the See also:estate of Bouchet. His last achievements were the See also:bombardment of See also:Algiers (1682-1683), in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to effect the deliverance of the Christian captives, and the bombardment of See also:Genoa in 1684. He retired from service in 1684, on the ground of See also:age and See also:ill-See also:health. It is probable also that he foresaw the revocation of the See also:edict of Nantes, which took place in the following See also:year. He died in See also:Paris on the 2nd of See also:February 1688.
See Jai, Abraham Duquesne, et la marine de son temps (1873).
End of Article: DUQUESNE, ABRAHAM, MARQUIS (1610-1688)
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