Joseph François Dupleix

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Joseph François Dupleix was an 18th-century French colonial governor and strategist in India, known for his ambitious attempts to expand French influence in the subcontinent through military and political alliances.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French colonial administrator
governor-general
human
military strategist
politician
birthDate 1697-01-23
birthPlace Hainaut
Kingdom of France
Landrecies
causeOfDownfall displeasure of French government over costs of his policies
recall to France by French East India Company
conflict Anglo-French rivalry in India
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
deathDate 1763-11-10
deathPlace Kingdom of France
Paris
employer French East India Company
ethnicGroup French
familyName Dupleix
father François Dupleix
fullName Joseph François Dupleix self-link
givenName François
Joseph
knownFor ambitious expansionist policy in India
rivalry with British East India Company
role in the Carnatic Wars
use of Indian allies and proxy rulers
languageSpoken French
militaryRank general
mother Anne-Marie de Vullierme NERFINISHED
notableWork Expansion of French influence in India through local alliances
officeContested control over the Carnatic region
opponent British East India Company
Robert Clive
participatedIn First Carnatic War
Second Carnatic War
placeOfBurial Paris
positionHeld Governor of Pondicherry
Governor-General of French India
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Chandannagar
surface form: Chandernagore

Puducherry
surface form: Pondicherry
sexOrGender male
spouse Jeanne Albert
Jeanne Albert Dupleix
timePeriod 18th century
usedPoliticalStrategy alliances with Indian princes
support of rival claimants to Indian thrones

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Second Carnatic War keyCommander Joseph François Dupleix
Chanda Sahib ally Joseph François Dupleix
Chanda Sahib supportedBy Joseph François Dupleix
this entity surface form: Dupleix
Dupleix namedAfter Joseph François Dupleix
Anglo-French rivalry in India notableCommander Joseph François Dupleix
Siege of Pondicherry (1748) commander Joseph François Dupleix
First Carnatic War commander Joseph François Dupleix
Battle of Ambur commander Joseph François Dupleix
Carnatic associatedWith Joseph François Dupleix
Joseph François Dupleix fullName Joseph François Dupleix self-link
French East India Company forces notableCommander Joseph François Dupleix
Chanda Saheb ally Joseph François Dupleix
Chandrashekhar Sahib ally Joseph François Dupleix