Louis Billouart

Louis Billouart de Kerlérec
11th French Governor of Louisiana
In office
1753–1763
MonarchLouis XV
Preceded byPierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil
Succeeded byJean-Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie
Personal details
Born(1704-06-27)June 27, 1704
Quimper, Brittany, France
DiedSeptember 8, 1770(1770-09-08) (aged 66)
Paris, France
SpouseMarie Josèphe du Bot
Military service
AllegianceKingdom of France Kingdom of France
Branch/serviceFrench Navy
Years of service1718-1763
RankCaptain
Battles/warsNatchez Revolt
War of the Austrian Succession
Seven Years' War

Louis Billouart, Chevalier de Querría (1704–1770) was a career French naval officer with 25 years experience who was appointed as the governor of the French colony of Louisiana, serving from 1753 to 1763. The former governor, Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, was promoted to the post of Governor of New France. 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.