Admiral francois de grasse bio

French Navy officer and nobleman (1722–1788)

François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly, KM (13 September 1722 – 11 January 1788) was a French Navy officer and nobleman.

He is best known for his strategically decisive victory over the British while in command of the French fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781 in the last year of the American Revolutionary War. It directly led to the Franco-American victory at the siege of Yorktown and helped secure the independence of the United States.

Treaty of paris

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François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly, KM (13 September – 11 January ) was a French Navy officer and nobleman.

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Born to one of the oldest families of French nobility in , de Grasse entered the French navy in at 17 years old.

François-Joseph-Paul, count de Grasse, (born September 13, , Le Bar, France—died January 11, , Paris), French naval commander who engaged British forces.

After this action, de Grasse returned with his fleet to the Caribbean. In 1782, a British fleet under Admiral George Rodney defeated and captured de Grasse at the Battle of the Saintes. De Grasse was widely criticised for his defeat in the battle.

On his return to France in 1784, he blamed his captains for the defeat. A court-martial exonerated all of his captains, effectively ending his naval career.

Early life

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