About Étienne Regnault
Lived 1650 – 1688 (aged 37–38). Étienne Regnault was a French politician.
Etienne Regnault was the first governor of Réunion. He arrived on the island on 10 July 1665 on the ship Taureau with a group of 20 settlers sent by the French East India Company. He founded the towns of Sainte-Suzanne and Saint-Denis. Around these towns, he and the other settlers planted sugar cane and grape vines for wine making.
He served as governor of the colony until 1671, after which he was succeeded by Jacques de la Heure. Regnault continued his service to the East India Company in Surat and Pondicherry, until his death in 1688 in Bengal.
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First governor of Réunion
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Étienne Regnault was born in 1650.
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Étienne Regnault died on 4 September 1688.
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Étienne Regnault was a politician.
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Étienne Regnault was French.
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