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The son of Henri Jacob marquis de Conflans and Marie du Bouchet, at 15 he was made a knight of the Order of Saint Lazarus and the following year entered the Gardes de la Marine school at Brest. He then served in the War of the Spanish Succession under Duquesne-Guitton (from 1708 to 1709) and Duguay-Trouin (1710), in which he received his baptism of fire, taking part in the capture of an English vessel then a Portuguese merchantman. In 1712, he was made ensign and participated in several anti-piratical operations in the Caribbean and on the Moroccan coast. In 1721, he was sent on a mission to…mehr

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The son of Henri Jacob marquis de Conflans and Marie du Bouchet, at 15 he was made a knight of the Order of Saint Lazarus and the following year entered the Gardes de la Marine school at Brest. He then served in the War of the Spanish Succession under Duquesne-Guitton (from 1708 to 1709) and Duguay-Trouin (1710), in which he received his baptism of fire, taking part in the capture of an English vessel then a Portuguese merchantman. In 1712, he was made ensign and participated in several anti-piratical operations in the Caribbean and on the Moroccan coast. In 1721, he was sent on a mission to Constantinople then in 1723 he cruised along the coast of Saint-Domingue and took part in the repression of the troubles there.