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Philippe François Renault (c. 1686 – 24 April 1755) was a French politician, businessman, explorer, metallurgist, and favorite courtier of King Louis XV of France, who left his native Picardy in 1719 for the Illinois Country, Upper Louisiana, in French North America.

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  • Philippe François Renault (né vers 1686 et mort le 2 avril 1755) est un explorateur français et le courtier favori du Roi Louis XV. Il quitte sa Picardie native en 1719 pour le Pays des Illinois. Il est chargé de développer les mines du Pays des Illinois, mais il a plus de succès avec sa concession le long du fleuve Mississippi où il fonde Saint-Philippe, une communauté agraire. La communauté exporte ses surplus agricoles aux colons des communautés au sud de la Louisiane, ainsi que de ceux au centre du fleuve Mississippi qui ont moins de succès que ceux de l'Illinois. (fr)
  • Philippe François Renault (c. 1686 – 24 April 1755) was a French politician, businessman, explorer, metallurgist, and favorite courtier of King Louis XV of France, who left his native Picardy in 1719 for the Illinois Country, Upper Louisiana, in French North America. Renault was an important contributor to early efforts at mining, especially for lead, in the French colonies, which began in earnest when he transported African slaves from Saint-Domingue to settlements on the Mississippi River. More successful than his lead mines was his concession of land on the east bank of the river, on which he founded St. Philippe, an early agricultural community. The village quickly became prosperous by exporting surpluses to other settlements on the river. (en)
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  • 1686-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • 1755-04-24 (xsd:date)
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  • 1755-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • c. 1686 (en)
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  • Picardy , Kingdom of France (en)
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  • 5 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1755-04-24 (xsd:date)
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  • Prieuré de Sankin Commune d'Estrées, Kingdom of France (en)
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  • Company of the Indies, French government, self-employed (en)
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  • Developing early lead mines in the Illinois Country in French North America for King Louis XV, as well as founding St. Philippe, an early agricultural community, on the Mississippi River (en)
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  • Philippe François Renault (en)
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  • French (en)
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  • Politician, businessman, explorer, slave owner, metallurgist, landowner, mine owner, city planner (en)
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  • Philippe Renault and Marie Jeane Baillet (en)
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  • Celestine Pochez (en)
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  • Philippe François Renault (né vers 1686 et mort le 2 avril 1755) est un explorateur français et le courtier favori du Roi Louis XV. Il quitte sa Picardie native en 1719 pour le Pays des Illinois. Il est chargé de développer les mines du Pays des Illinois, mais il a plus de succès avec sa concession le long du fleuve Mississippi où il fonde Saint-Philippe, une communauté agraire. La communauté exporte ses surplus agricoles aux colons des communautés au sud de la Louisiane, ainsi que de ceux au centre du fleuve Mississippi qui ont moins de succès que ceux de l'Illinois. (fr)
  • Philippe François Renault (c. 1686 – 24 April 1755) was a French politician, businessman, explorer, metallurgist, and favorite courtier of King Louis XV of France, who left his native Picardy in 1719 for the Illinois Country, Upper Louisiana, in French North America. (en)
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  • Philippe François Renault (fr)
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  • Philippe François Renault (en)
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