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Wf2 10 First French Settlers in Mauritius Year 1721

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Pierre Christophe Lenoir24 factsex:pierre-christophe-lenoir

commanderOfMilitary Establishments India
commanderOfFrench Establishments India
departedMauritius1726-06-05
distributedLand
distributedLandOnSpecific Conditions
distributedLandThroughConcession System
governorOfPondicherry
highestRankingOfficerOfFrench East India Company
liftedMoraleOfFrench Settlers Mauritius
madeShortVisitMauritius
presidentOfConseils Superieurs
recommendationToCompagnie Des Indes
recommendedFamily Life
recommendedThatFamily Life As Foundation
recommendedToCompagnie Des Indes
setBaseForRevitalisation Colonisation
setBaseForRevitalization of Colonization
visitedMauritius
visitedMauritius
visitedMauritius1726-05-25
wasCommanderOfFrench Establishments India
wasGovernorOfPondicherry
wasHighestRankingOfficerOfFrench East India Company
wasPresidentOfConseils Superieurs

Denis De Nyon14 factsex:denis-de-nyon

arrivedWithSettlers From Brittany
arrivedWithBrittany Settlers
installedAsGovernor
nominatedAsGovernor
nominatedByDirectors Compagnie Des Indes
specializedInFortified Building Design
typeEngineer
wantedToReturnToFrance
wasEngineerEngineer Profession
wasInstalledAsGovernorIsle De France
wasInstalledDaysAfterArrival2
wasNominatedAsGovernor of Isle De France
wasNominatedByCompagnie Des Indes Directors
wasNominatedGovernorOn1722-04-05

French Settlers Mauritius14 factsex:french-settlers-mauritius

broughtPeopleFromMadagascar
broughtPeopleFromAfrica
broughtPeopleFromIndia
dislikedNicolas De Maupin
facedSameChallengesAsDutch
frequentlyFoughtAmongThemselves
includedManyAlcoholics
includedManyIlliterates
manyNotSkilled Farmers
manyWereAlcoholics
manyWereIlliterates
wereAccustomedToLife of Violence
wereFarFromBeingSkilled Farmers
wereSupposedToCultivate Land

Compagnie Suisse13 factsex:compagnie-suisse

balkedAtOrdersOrders
complainedAboutIndiscipline Among Officers
complainedAboutUncontracted Duties
complainedAboutLow Wages
hadContractWithCompagnie Des Indes
mutiniedMutiny Event
recruitedByFrench Government
recruitedByFrench
recruitedFromSwitzerland
typeMercenaries
wereMercenariesMercenary Status
wereRecruitedByFrench
wereRecruitedFromSwitzerland

Le Toullec Du Rongoult11 factsex:le-toullec-du-rongoult

arrivedFromBourbon Reunion Island
arrivedOn1721-12-01
arrivedWithLe Toullec Group
arrivedWithGroup of 16 Persons
cameFromBourbon Island
nominatedAsGovernor
nominatedByConseil Provincial
presentAtDenis De Nyon Installation
startedColonizingMauritius
wasNominatedBeforeDenis De Nyon
wasNominatedGovernorByConseil Provincial Bourbon

Nicolas De Maupin10 factsex:nicolas-de-maupin

arrivedOn1729-04-20
becameGovernorOfMauritius
brutallyTreatedDissenting Colonists
brutallyTreatedDissenting Soldiers
chosePort Louis
hadViolentCharacterViolent Character
leftMauritius
leftIslandIn1735
madeMajorDecisionChoice of Port Louis
succeededGovernor Dumas

Article9 factsex:article

hasContextctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf2-10-first-french-settlers-in-mauritius-year-1721
hasSectionSection Early Colonization Challenges
hasSectionSection Development During French Rule
hasSourceUrlhttps://www.mauritius-holidays-discovery.com/french-settlers-in-mauritius.html
hasTitleFirst French Settlers in Mauritius – Year 1721
isGenreHistorical Narrative
isPublishedOnTourism Website
providesGenealogicalContextPoitevin Collinson Surnames
wasFetchedOn2026-05-31

Fight for Survival9 factsex:fight-for-survival

commonToFrench Settlers Mauritius
commonToSlaves
commonToSoldiers
commonToWorkers
wasCommonToWorkers
wasCommonToSlaves
wasCommonToFrench Settlers Mauritius
wasCommonToSoldiers
wasUndoubtedlyCommon Struggle

Compagnie Des Indes8 factsex:compagnie-des-indes

encouragedFamily Migration
encouragedFamilies
exercisedPowerThroughGovernor Nominations
hadDirectorsCompagnie Des Indes Directors
shippedSuppliesEssential Supplies
shippedSuppliesSparinglyEssential Supplies
vassalOfLouis Xiv
wasVassalOfLouis Xiv

Dutch8 factsex:dutch

abandonedMauritius
abandonedInYear1710
facedColonization Challenges
failedToTransformMauritius
hadAttemptDutch Colonization Attempt 1
hadAttemptDutch Colonization Attempt 2
madeUnsuccessfulColonizationAttempts2
mainlySettledAtPort Bourbon

Mahe De LA Bourdonnais7 factsex:mahe-de-la-bourdonnais

catalysedMauritius Development
changedCourse of Mauritius History
changedHistoryBySameTokenCourse of Mauritius History
noticeablyConsolidatedFrench Settlement Mauritius
succeededNicolas De Maupin
wasGovernorOfMauritius
wasSucceedingGovernorGovernor of Isle De France

Chasseur6 factsex:chasseur

commanderGuillaume Dufresne D Arsel
reachedMauritius
reachedMauritiusOn1715-08-27
typeShip
wasCommandedByGuillaume Dufresne D Arsel
wasShipFrench Ship

First French Settlers Mauritius6 factsex:first-french-settlers-mauritius

arrivedAtMauritius
arrivedFromBourbon Island
arrivedFromBourbon Reunion Island
arrivedInMauritius
arrivedInYear1721
cameFromBourbon

Guillaume Dufresne D Arsel6 factsex:guillaume-dufresne-d-arsel

ascertainedMauritius Abandoned State
ascertainedAbandonmentOfMauritius
tookPossessionInCapacityOfKing of France
tookPossessionInNameOfLouis Xiv
tookPossessionOfMauritius
wasCaptainCaptain Rank

Early Colony Crisis 17235 factsex:early-colony-crisis-1723

wasCausedByInternal Conflict
wasCausedByMaroon Attacks
wasCausedByUnskilled Settlers
wasCausedByNatural Disasters
wasCausedByFood Scarcity

Families5 factsex:families

gaveImpetusToEconomy
shapingNew Society
toMigrateFromFrance
toMigrateToIsle De France
workedHardOnConcessions

Fugitive Slaves5 factsex:fugitive-slaves

calledEsclaves Marrons
fledToForests of Isle De France
fledToForests Mauritius
organizedGuerrilla Warfare
wereCalledesclaves marrons

Mauritius5 factsex:mauritius

isSameAsIsle De France
locatedInIndian Ocean
renamedToIsle De France
wasAnnexedInNameOfLouis Xiv
wasRenamedAsIsle De France

Newly Established Couples5 factsex:newly-established-couples

gaveImpetusToEconomy of Colony
grantedLand Concessions
wereGrantedLand Concessions
wereShapingNew Type of Society
workedHardOnConcessions

Bourbon Reunion Island4 factsex:bourbon-reunion-island

isLocatedNearMauritius
isNowCalledReunion Island
wasGrowingArabian Coffee Trees
wasImportantBaseForColonization of Mauritius

Common Struggle Mauritius4 factsex:common-struggle-mauritius

wasCommonToSoldiers Mauritius
wasCommonToFrench Settlers Mauritius
wasCommonToSlaves Mauritius
wasCommonToWorkers Mauritius

Compagnie Suisse Soldiers4 factsex:compagnie-suisse-soldiers

complainedAboutLow Wages
complainedAboutNon Stipulated Duties
complainedAboutIndiscipline Among Officers
contractWithCompagnie Des Indes

Conseil Provincial4 factsex:conseil-provincial

locatedInBourbon Island
nominatedLe Toullec Du Rongoult
ofBourbon
wasGoverningBodyOfBourbon Island

European Powers4 factsex:european-powers

competedForIndian Ocean Supremacy
engagedInRivalriesIndian Ocean Supremacy
hadRivalryEuropean Power Rivalries
soughtSupremacyInIndian Ocean

Louis Phelipeaux Comte De Ponchartin4 factsex:louis-phelipeaux-comte-de-ponchartin

hadTitleComte de Ponchartin
issuedOrderOn1714-10-31
orderedAnnexationOfMauritius
wasChancellorOfFrance

Mauritius Colony4 factsex:mauritius-colony

existedBarelyOneYearAfterFirst French Settler Arrival
hadCollapsingFoundationsCollapsing Foundations
onVergeOfFamine
wasOnVergeOfFamine1723-01

Mauritius Population Early Colonial4 factsex:mauritius-population-early-colonial

assembledFor Development of Mauritius
assembledThroughCoercionFor Development of Mauritius
assembledWillinglyFor Development of Mauritius
sufferedHardship

Port Louis4 factsex:port-louis

hadEasierManeuveringEasier Maneuvering
locatedInMauritius
wasChosenAsCapital of Island
wasChosenAsMain Port

South East Trade Wind4 factsex:south-east-trade-wind

blowsFromSoutheast
blowsTowardsEquator
causedProblemsAtPort Bourbon
prevailedMostOfYearMost of Year

Bourbon3 factsex:bourbon

importantBaseForColonising Mauritius
nearbyMauritius
nowCalledReunion Island

Brittany France3 factsex:brittany-france

locatedInFrance
wasSourceOfSettlers for De Nyon
wasSourceOfPeasant Girls

Brought People3 factsex:brought-people

workedAsSailor
workedAsArtisan
workedAsSlave

Brought People Africa Madagascar India3 factsex:brought-people-africa-madagascar-india

workedAsArtisans
workedAsSailors
workedAsSlaves

Colonists and Workers3 factsex:colonists-and-workers

wantedToReturnToFrance
wereEngulfedInDispiritedness
wereEngulfedInDespair

Controlling Mauritius3 factsex:controlling-mauritius

strategicForFrench
wasStrategicMoveForFrench
wasStrategicMoveForFrench Government

French3 factsex:french

grewArabian Coffee Trees
learnedOfDutchAbandonment1709
learnedThatDutch Abandonment Plan

French Colonial Project3 factsex:french-colonial-project

dependedOnFamily Formation
dependedOnCompagnie Des Indes
dependedOnSlavery

Governor Dumas3 factsex:governor-dumas

requisitionedRice Cargoes
sparedPopulationFromStarvation
wasGovernorOfIsle De France

Isle De France Colony 17353 factsex:isle-de-france-colony-1735

wasUnderminedByAssaults by Runaway Slaves
wasUnderminedByFrequent Cyclones
wasUnderminedByRisk of Famine

Isle De France Population3 factsex:isle-de-france-population

aimedToConsolidateColony
putInGood Will
putInEfforts

Louis Xiv3 factsex:louis-xiv

exercisedSovereigntyOverMauritius
hadEpithetRoi Soleil
wasKingOfFrance

Many Colonists3 factsex:many-colonists

feltDespair
feltDispiritedness
wantedToReturnToFrance

Maupin Petitioners3 factsex:maupin-petitioners

denouncedMaupin Administration
petitionedMaupin Superiors
petitionedRepeatedlyMaupin Superiors

News of Dutch Abandonment3 factsex:news-of-dutch-abandonment

relayedToFrance
wasRelayedDiligentlyFrance
wasRelayedToFrance

Original Core Population3 factsex:original-core-population

formedFromBrought People
formedFromSlaves Dutch Period
ofMauritius

Peasant Girls Brittany3 factsex:peasant-girls-brittany

sentFromBrittany France
wereSentFromBrittany France
wereSentToMarryBachelors of Isle De France

Port Bourbon3 factsex:port-bourbon

isAlsoCalledGrand Port
locatedInMauritius
wasFormerlyPrincipal Port

Port Shift3 factsex:port-shift

wasDecisionByNicolas De Maupin
wasFromPort Bourbon
wasToPort Louis

Rival Maritime Power3 factsex:rival-maritime-power

wouldHaveThreatenedDevelopment of Bourbon
wouldHaveThreatenedFrench Supremacy Indian Ocean
wouldThreatenFrench Supremacy

Sailors3 factsex:sailors

wereOftenBlockedInPort Bourbon
wereOftenPushedTowardsCoast
wereReluctantToEnterPort Bourbon

Slaves From Madagascar Africa3 factsex:slaves-from-madagascar-africa

revoltedAgainstColonists
toiledInServitude
wereInhumanelyTreatedByMasters

Arabian Coffee Trees2 factsex:arabian-coffee-trees

locationBourbon
werePreciousCropPrecious Crop Status

Bourbon Island2 factsex:bourbon-island

ex:knownAsReunion Island
locatedNearMauritius

Chasseur Ship2 factsex:chasseur-ship

commandedByGuillaume Dufresne D Arsel
reachedMauritius

Colonization Challenges2 factsex:colonization-challenges

sameForDutch
sameForFrench Colonists Mauritius

Compagnie Des Indes Directors2 factsex:compagnie-des-indes-directors

nominatedDenis De Nyon
wereLenientTowardsNicolas De Maupin

Concession System2 factsex:concession-system

wasIntroducedByPierre Christophe Lenoir
wasMechanismForLand Distribution

Conflicts With Maroon Slaves2 factsex:conflicts-with-maroon-slaves

isEmphasizedByExclamation Mark
resultedInBloodshed and Gore

Denis De Nyon Installation2 factsex:denis-de-nyon-installation

inPresenceOfLe Toullec Du Rongoult
wasWitnessedByLe Toullec Du Rongoult

Dutch Colonists2 factsex:dutch-colonists

abandonedMauritius
mainlySettledAtPort Bourbon

French Colonists2 factsex:french-colonists

ledArmed Expeditions
ledArmedExpeditionsAgainstFugitive Slaves

French East India Company2 factsex:french-east-india-company

isDistinctFromCompagnie Des Indes
likelySameAsCompagnie Des Indes

French Settlers 17292 factsex:french-settlers-1729

reliedOnHunting
reliedOnFishing

French Soldiers2 factsex:french-soldiers

ledArmed Expeditions
ledArmedExpeditionsAgainstFugitive Slaves

Guerrilla Warfare2 factsex:guerrilla-warfare

againstFrench Settlers Mauritius
wasDirectedAgainstFrench Settlers Mauritius

Indian Ocean2 factsex:indian-ocean

wasContestedByEuropean Powers
wasStrategicForTrade and Supremacy

Isle De France2 factsex:isle-de-france

facedFamineIn1729
literalMeaningIsle of France

Isle De France Colony2 factsex:isle-de-france-colony

hadFragileEconomyFragile Economy
hadFragileFoundationsFragile Foundations

Locusts2 factsex:locusts

destroyedCrops
typeSwarm

Maroon Resistance2 factsex:maroon-resistance

continuedFromDutch Period
wasFormOfSlave Resistance

Mauritius Annexation Order2 factsex:mauritius-annexation-order

inNameOfLouis Xiv
targetMauritius

Migrating Families2 factsex:migrating-families

migratedFromFrance
migratedToMauritius

Original Core Population Mauritius2 factsex:original-core-population-mauritius

wasFormedByBrought People Africa Madagascar India
wasFormedByMaroon Slaves Dutch Period

Peasant Girls2 factsex:peasant-girls

sentFromBrittany
sentToIsle De France

Revolting Slaves2 factsex:revolting-slaves

wereAtrociouslyExecutedAtrocious Execution
wereSeverelyPunishedSevere Punishment

Slavery Narrative2 factsex:slavery-narrative

acknowledgesInhumane Treatment
acknowledgesSlave Resistance

Slaves 17292 factsex:slaves-1729

reliedOnFishing
reliedOnHunting

Slaves Dutch Period2 factsex:slaves-dutch-period

fledDuringDutch Presence
fledToForests Mauritius

All People Mauritius1 factex:all-people-mauritius

sufferedHardship

Bachelors1 factex:bachelors

ofIsle De France

Bachelors of Isle De France1 factex:bachelors-of-isle-de-france

wereNumerousNumerous State

Basic Necessities1 factex:basic-necessities

wereScarceScarce State

Brittany1 factex:brittany

partOfFrance

Brittany Settlers1 factex:brittany-settlers

fromBrittany

Clothes1 factex:clothes

wereBarelyAvailableBarely Available State

Colonial System1 factex:colonial-system

reliedOnSlavery

Colonial System Mauritius1 factex:colonial-system-mauritius

reliedHeavilyOnSlavery

Compagnie Suisse Contract1 factex:compagnie-suisse-contract

contractWithCompagnie Des Indes

Conseil Provincial Bourbon1 factex:conseil-provincial-bourbon

wasGoverningBodyOfBourbon Reunion Island

Conseils Superieurs1 factex:conseils-superieurs

locationIndia

Cyclonic Gusts1 factex:cyclonic-gusts

blewDownThatched Habitations

Development Mauritius1 factex:development-mauritius

duringFrench Colonial Rule

Development Narrative1 factex:development-narrative

framesAsPositiveColonization

Directors Compagnie Des Indes1 factex:directors-compagnie-des-indes

wasLenientTowardsNicolas De Maupin

Dutch Abandonment Plan1 factex:dutch-abandonment-plan

aboutMauritius

Dutch Colonization Attempt 11 factex:dutch-colonization-attempt-1

targetMauritius

Dutch Colonization Attempt 21 factex:dutch-colonization-attempt-2

targetMauritius

Dutch Colony Mauritius1 factex:dutch-colony-mauritius

wasIntendedToBeProsperous Colony

Dutch Presence1 factex:dutch-presence

locationMauritius

Dutch Ships1 factex:dutch-ships

calledAtMauritius

Early French Colonisation1 factex:early-french-colonisation

locationMauritius

Early French Colonization1 factex:early-french-colonization

wasExacerbatedByScarcity of Necessities

Economy1 factex:economy

ofColony

Enslaved People1 factex:enslaved-people

revoltedAgainstColonists

Enslaved People Mauritius1 factex:enslaved-people-mauritius

revoltedAgainstFrench Colonists Mauritius

Esclaves Marrons1 factex:esclaves-marrons

translatesTomarooned slaves

European Power Rivalries1 factex:european-power-rivalries

locationIndian Ocean

Family Life1 factex:family-life

asFoundationOfColony

Family Migration1 factex:family-migration

wasFromFrance

Fortified Building Design1 factex:fortified-building-design

wasForMilitary Use

French Settlers 17351 factex:french-settlers-1735

developedSenseOfBelongingToIsle De France

French Settlers Bourbon1 factex:french-settlers-bourbon

growingArabian Coffee Trees

French Ships1 factex:french-ships

calledForSuppliesMauritius

French Soldiers Mauritius1 factex:french-soldiers-mauritius

ledArmed Expeditions Forests

French Supremacy1 factex:french-supremacy

locationIndian Ocean Region

French Workers1 factex:french-workers

wantedToReturnToFrance

Indian Ocean Rivalries1 factex:indian-ocean-rivalries

wereIntenseIntense State

Lenoir Land Distribution1 factex:lenoir-land-distribution

distributedToFrench Settlers Mauritius

Le Toullec Du Rongoult Nomination1 factex:le-toullec-du-rongoult-nomination

beforeArrivalOfDenis De Nyon

Le Toullec Group1 factex:le-toullec-group

fromBourbon

Le Toullec Nomination1 factex:le-toullec-nomination

beforeDenis De Nyon Arrival

Locust Swarms1 factex:locust-swarms

destroyedCrops

Louis Phelipeaux1 factex:louis-phelipeaux

orderedMauritius Annexation Order

Maroon Slaves Dutch Period1 factex:maroon-slaves-dutch-period

fledToForestsDuringDutch Presence Mauritius

Marriages Isle De France1 factex:marriages-isle-de-france

wereCelebratedCelebrated Status

Masters1 factex:masters

treatedEnslaved People Mauritius

Maupin Administration1 factex:maupin-administration

wasAllegedlyAuthoritarianAuthoritarian Administration

Mauritius Annexation1 factex:mauritius-annexation

inNameOfLouis Xiv

Mauritius Possession1 factex:mauritius-possession

inNameOfLouis Xiv

People From Madagascar Africa1 factex:people-from-madagascar-africa

inhumanelyTreatedByMasters

Pondicherry1 factex:pondicherry

locatedInIndia

Rats1 factex:rats

destroyedCrops

Reunion Island1 factex:reunion-island

locatedInIndian Ocean

Revitalisation Colonisation1 factex:revitalisation-colonisation

ofMauritius

Rice Cargoes1 factex:rice-cargoes

wereOnBoardTwo Ships

Settlers From Brittany1 factex:settlers-from-brittany

cameFromBrittany France

Severe Climatic Conditions1 factex:severe-climatic-conditions

destroyedCrops

Shoes1 factex:shoes

wereBarelyAvailableBarely Available State

Starvation1 factex:starvation

wasPossiblePossible State

Two Ships1 factex:two-ships

wereBerthedInPort of Isle De France

Violent Cyclonic Gusts1 factex:violent-cyclonic-gusts

blewDownThatched Habitations