Governor of the Bastille of Acy, lord of Beu and Nesle-en-Tardenois, chamberlain of the King. He is quoted in numerous documents between 1386 and November 1404, date of his death that are now held in the department of manuscripts of the Bibliothèque nationale de France . The last governor to hold this position, the unfortunate Bernard-René de Launay, appointed in 1776, was beheaded on 14 July 1789 and replaced by a provisional governor during the demolition of the building. At the end of the Ancien Régime, the governor of the Bastille was reduced to being a subordinate of the lieutenant-general of police. He could
Bernard-Anselme d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin winter of 1713-14, Saint-Castin lived with his tribe on the Penobscot River. In 1714, Saint-Castin and his wife set sail for France, landing at Béarn late that year. He died there in the autumn of 1720. He was survived by his wife and three daughters. Bernard-Anselme d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin Bernard-Anselme d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin (1689–1720) was a French military officer serving in Acadia. He was a member of a successful privateering force at the time of Queen Anne's War, and led native and French forces in the defense of Acadia. Bernard-Anselme d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin was born in 1689 at Pentagouet (site