François-Louis Rousselet, marquis de Châteaurenault (1637 – 15 November 1716) was a French naval officer and nobleman. In his youth, he fought in the Battle of the Dunes (1658) against the Spanish. In 1661 he joined the French navy and distinguished himself in the conquest of Jijel under François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort (23 July 1664). In 1672 he became captain of his own ship and fought in the Mediterranean against the pirates from Salé. In 1673 he led a squadron in the North Sea and fought Michiel de Ruyter in 1675. In 1677, along the Spanish coast and with only six ships, he withstood an attack by a fleet of 25 Dutch ships under Cornelis Evertsen the younger.
He became governor of Brittany in 1704. He was made a member of the Order of the Holy Spirit on 2 February 1705.[1] On 7 September 1684 he had married Marie Anne de La Porte, vicomtesse d'Artois and dame de Crozon (1661–1696). His only son, Louis Emmanuel, also pursued a career in the French Navy. A number of ships of the French navy have been named Châteaurenault in his honour. Further, a street in Rennes has been named after him.
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