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About Francisco Bouligny
Brigadier General Don Francisco Domingo Joseph Bouligny y Paret was a Spanish Army officer and colonial administrator who served as an acting governor of Louisiana in 1799. As a francophone in Spanish service, he was a bridge between Creole and French Louisiana and Spain following the transfer of the territory from France to Spain. Bouligny also served as lieutenant governor under Bernardo de Gálvez and founded New Iberia in 1779.
Everything about Francisco Bouligny →- Occupation
- army officer, colonial administrator
- Position held
- governor of Spanish Louisiana
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Born
- September 4, 1736
- Died
- November 25, 1800