Biography of DE LIVAUDAIS, Dugue E., St. Malo, FR., then Orleans Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller August 1998 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** de Livaudais, Dugue Enoul. Jacques Enoul de Livaudais was born at St. Malo, France, of distinguished parentage, his great-grandfather, Julien Enoul de Livaudais Sieur des Croix figuring prominently in the annals of the French navy as early as 1600. In 1712 Jacques Enoul de Livaudais, a naval engineer, was sent by the King of France, Louis XIV, to inspect the ports in his American provinces. Proud of this mark of esteem, Jacques Enoul set off for Canada on this special mission. Having to remain some time to examine the harbors and fortifications, he studied the conditions of the country and sent in a minute report of what he had seen. While in Canada, he became a friend and companion of the Le Moyne family, who are so well known under the names of Bienville, Iberville, de Longueuil and Sobral. The Count de Livaudais, now inspector general of the ports and harbors of the American provinces of France, proceeded to Mobile, thence to New Orleans, where he finally decided to remain. In 1733 he married Madamoiselle Genevieve Babin de la Saume, by whom he had ten children, four daughters and six sons. Louis XIV, pleased with his services, conceded enormous grants of land situated miles apart in the Province of Louisiana. Homes were built in what are now parishes of Lafourche and Orleans and the Teche region by the sons and daughters, now thoroughly identified with their new country. The family grew apace and became, in their various branches, conspicuous as writers, patrons of art, scientists and leaders all, in the social world. The eldest grandson, named like his ancestor and heir to the title, Count Jacques Francois Enoul de Livaudais, shared with his brother-in-law, the Marquis Bernard Mandeville de Marigny, the honor of entertaining his Majesty Louis Phillippe d'Orleans when this monarch was exiled from France. The direct descendants of Count Jacques Dugue Enoul de LiVaudais now living are: Adolfo Moliner Enoul Dugue' de Livaudais, Randell Theodore Dugue' Enoul de Livaudais, sons of Henri Phillippe Dugue Enoul de Livaudais who, youngest member of the legislature of 1841, won laurels as an orator. Later Mr. Henri Dugue Enoul de Livaudais abandoned politics to devote himself to his chosen profession-law-and in this he achieved success, owing to his ability to plead in both the English and French courts. Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, volume 3, pp. 754-755. Edited by Alcee Fortier, Lit. D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.