Marin intrépide, il harcela les marines marchandes et militaires britanniques, non seulement dans les mers de l'Europe, mais aussi dans celles de l'Inde. Embarqué dès l'âge de 13 ans, il devient ensuite capitaine corsaire. Surcouf started his career as a sailor and officer on the Returning to the Indian Ocean, Surcouf captained the privateers He briefly returned to the Indian Ocean in 1807 on the custom-built Robert Surcouf was born 12 December 1773 in Saint-Malo to a family of On 3 March 1789, he enlisted as a volunteer on the 700-ton Surcouf enlisted as a helmsman on the French Royal Navy's 20-gun After six months, Surcouf enlisted as a lieutenant on the slave ship Rising to the rank of captain, Surcouf took command of the brig On the night of 28 January, Surcouf captured the 12-gun Surcouf returning to Port-Louis with his prizes (probably on The British had suffered fourteen killed, including the captain,Document forwarding Surcouf's request to be admitted in the Legion of Honour Official letter to Surcouf: "The Emperor, during a Great Council, has made you a member of the Legion of Honour" Ses parents, commerçants, le destinaient à la prêtrise, mais il s'engage dès treize ans comme volontaire sur l'Aurore en partance vers les Indes. Robert SURCOUF(1773-1827) Le cotre "Le Renard" Arbres généalogiques; Robert SURCOUF, le député; Elections législatives 1932; Les Surcouf, maires. Genealogy profile for Robert Surcouf Robert Surcouf (1671 - 1720) - Genealogy Genealogy for Robert Surcouf (1671 - 1720) family tree on Geni, with over 190 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Il est notamment le descendant de Duguay-Trouin par sa mère.

Geni requires JavaScript! C'est en 1787, à 13 ans et demi, qu'il a accompli son premier voyage sur le Héro… Surcouf embarque sur l'Aurore en 1789, il n'a pas encore 16 ans. Il devient l'un des plus riches et puissants armateurs de Saint-Malo et un prospère propriétaire de 800 hectare… La lignée de Robert fils s'est éteinte en 1985 avec Antoine. II° ROBERT I SURCOUF, SIEUR DE LA VALLÉE, DE LA MAISONNEUVE, né en 1646, épousa en 1669 Hélène Jan, et eut : III° ROBERT II SURCOUF, SEIGNEUR DE LA VALLÉE, DE LA MAISONNEUVE, FAMEUX CORSAIRE MALOUIN sous Louis XIV, né à Saint-Malo, le 4 janvier 1671, qui y épousa, le 19 novembre 1697, Bertranne Mallet. On his mother's side, Robert was a distant relative of René Duguay-Trouin. À vingt ans, il est déjà capitaine de La Créole qui fait le trafic d'esclaves. Fils de Charles-Ange Surcouf, sieur de Boisgris, et de Rose-Julienne Truchot de la Chesnais. When his parents sent him to Dinan college to become a priest, he fled at age thirteen to enlist on the merchantman Héron, which shuttled between Saint-Malo and Cadiz. Je descends de Noël, le plus jeune. Il harcèle les marines marchandes et militaires britanniques, non seulement sur les mers de l'Europe, mais aussi sur celles de l'Inde. During the subsequent campaign, which was to be his last, Surcouf captured 16 British merchantmen, partly because they tended to The arrival of Surcouf at Isle de France did not go unnoticed: the authorities and the population reacted with enthusiasm, while British insurance companies on Calcutta doubled the reward for his capture,When a British captive officer taunted Surcouf with the words "You French fight for money while we fight for honour", Surcouf replied "Each of us fights for what he lacks most".From 1809, Surcouf went into business as ship-owner,In January 1814, Surcouf was made a colonel in the National Guard of Saint-Malo.Between 1814 and 1827, Surcouf organised over 116 commercial expeditions.Surcouf died on 8 July 1827, and was buried in Saint-Malo graveyard with military honours.A number of legends have grown around Surcouf over the time: he is often stated to have been made a Baron of the Empire, which is untrue.There is a tale that in 1816, Surcouf challenged twelve Prussian officers to a duel and defeated all of them except for the last, which he let go "to tell in his country how a former soldier of Napoleon fights"; this story is a fabrication.Granier gives the captain's name as "captain de Joliff" instead of "Lejoliff".Some sources state that the allowance was of 1,700,000 francs, of which Surcouf left two thirds to the Treasury.A number of French accounts gild the lily of Surcouf's stunning victory by exaggerating by 60% Granier, for instance, states that Surcouf was made Baron.For instance the tale is told without reservation by Granier.For instance the tale is told without reservation by Granier.Hennequin (p.385) states that the effects of the prisoners were returned to them when he had them transferred on
Mais Robert Surcouf, le plus célèbre des armateurs malouins, entre dans la légende à vingt-trois ans, en 1796 quand, avec un équipage de 190 hommes, il prend à l'abordage un grand vaisseau britannique, trois fois plus important et plus armé que le sien. On 28 May, in Saint-Malo, he married Marie Blaize, who had been his fiancée for two years;Surcouf arrived at Île de France in June, slipping past the British blockade and capturing several ships on the journey. Robert Charles Surcouf (12 décembre 1773, à Saint-Malo-Saint-Servan le 8 juillet 1827) est un corsaire français. Discover the family tree of Robert SURCOUF for free, and learn about their family history and their ancestry. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni.
His father, Charles-Ange Surcouf de Boisgris, was the grandson of Robert Surcouf de Maisonneuve, who had captained the privateer Aimable during the reign of Louis XIV.

Ses activités le font reconnaître - il est nommé membre de la Légion d'honneur le 26 prairial an XII (14 juin 1804) - et l'enrichissent.