Background
He is the son of Annet Joubert Louisiana Bastide, Conde Chateaumorand († 1699) and Francoise de Costentin Tourville, sister of Marshal de Tourville.
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Charles Joubert
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He was a governor of Saint Domingue between January 11, 1717 and July 10, 1719 and Lieutenant-General of the Naval Armies (1 November 1720). He participated in the War of the League of Augsburg and especially in May 29, 1692, at the Battle of Louisiana Hogue. He was named a Knight in Saint Louis by the King in 1693, in the first promoción.
The following year, he occupies Toulon.
Doctorate"Iberville returned to France in 1697, where he was selected by the Ministry of the Navy at the head of an expedition to rediscover the mouth of the Mississippi and Louisiana to colonize the coveted British. Chateau-Morand is responsible for the escort.
The French fleet sailed from Brest October 24, 1698. After three months at sea, they reach the island of Santa Rosa"s face, in Pensacola, Florida, January 25, 1699, a Spanish city.
Doctorate"Iberville abandoned to Mobile Bay, and he started exploring Massacre Island, later renamed Dauphin Island.
In April 20, Castle-Morand, who had only come to escort Iberville, took his boat the way of Europe. In 1702, he became the captain. In the spring of 1704, addressed towards the Strait of Gibraltar.
On 24 August the same year, in the naval Battle of Vélez-Málaga, he commanded the Perfect, 74-gun ship in the battle group led by the Comte de Toulouse, admiral of France.
In 1705, his salary was raised to 2400 pounds per year. He was promoted to the rank of admiral in 1712.
He succeeds Charles Courbon as governor of Saint Domingue from the January 28, 1716 to July 1718. He was replaced on September 1, 1718 by M. Sorel.
He rose to the rank of lieutenant-general of the naval forces in 1720.
He died in Paris on died June 3, 1722.
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France