Roquefeuil was born in 1735 to the
House of Roquefeuil-Blanquefort. He grew up in
Montpeyroux, Aveyron where his family owned the
Château du Bousquet. On 19 September 1749, he joined the French Navy as a
Garde-Marine. He was promoted to
lieutenant on 1 May 1763. In 1773, he was made a Knight in the
Order of Saint Louis. On 4 April 1777, he was promoted to captain and given command of the 32-gun frigate
Oiseau. He served
Du Chaffault. In 1778, named
flag captain on the 80-gun ship
Saint-Esprit, Roquefeuil participated to the
battle of Ushant under
Lamotte-Picquet. In 1779, he was given command of the frigate
Renommée, with which he captured two British ships. He then transferred to the
74-gun Zodiaque. From 1781, he commanded the 74-gun
Dauphin Royal. He took part in the
Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782, and was later cleared by the inquiry into the battle. In 1783, he earned a membership in the
Society of the Cincinnati. He retired on 8 February 1786 with the rank of
brigadier des armées navales, on medical grounds. Pierre de Roquefeuil-Montpeyroux died in 1789 in
Brittany. == Family ==