Captain François-Marie Renaud d'Avène des Meloizes (1655–1699) was a French cavalry

Cavalry

Cavalry or horsemen were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback. Cavalry were historically the third oldest and the most mobile of the combat arms...

 officer who came to Canada

Canada, New France

Canada was the name of the French colony that once stretched along the St. Lawrence River; the other colonies of New France were Acadia, Louisiana and Newfoundland. Canada, the most developed colony of New France, was divided into three districts, each with its own government: Quebec,...

 with the regiment of his mother's (Adrienne de Montsaulnin's) brother, the Comte de Montal. Des Meloizes led an expedition against the Senecas in 1687 and according to Louis de Buade de Frontenac

Louis de Buade de Frontenac

Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau was a French soldier, courtier, and Governor General of New France from 1672 to 1682 and from 1689 to his death in 1698...

, Des Meloizes was one of the best and wisest officers in New France

New France

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His grandson was Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière

Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière

Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, 1st Marquis de Lotbinière , Seigneur of Vaudreuil, Lotbinière and Rigaud, Quebec etc. On his advice, the Marquis de Montcalm successfully attacked Fort William Henry in 1757...

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