Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville | |
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| Born | 4 April 1700 |
| Died | 17 September 1778 (aged 78) |
| Occupation | Governor of New France |
Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville, Marquis Duquesne (c. 1700 – 17 September 1778) was a French Governor General of New France. He was born in Toulon, France.
Duquesne served from 1752 to 1755. Best known for his role in the French and Indian War, he established Fort Duquesne in 1755 at the confluence of the Allegheny and the Monongahela Rivers at what is now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was named after him. It was abandoned by French forces in 1758 with the arrival of the much more powerful British Forbes Expedition, which erected Fort Pitt in its place.
He built a line of defensive fortifications to strengthen the French presence. He later returned to France.