It's been awhile since I posted about him, but Pierre de Rigaud first inspired my thesis research. I might have missed the actual date of his death (to be fair I was traveling that day), but I recently came across his obituary in a 1778 edition of the Journal de Paris.
The "Very-High & Very-Mighty Lord" Pierre de Rigaud died at home in the rue des Tournelles on 4 August 1778, aged eighty. His obituary mentions the multitude of royal honors, military decorations, and administrative positions awarded to him in the colonies. Although scapegoated for the loss of New France, this obituary and other documents continued to reference his role as governor of Louisiana and governor-general of New France. Rigaud lived to see the reigns of Louis XIV, Louis XV, the regency of Philippe d'Orléans, and Louis XVI. One wonders what he would have thought had he survived to 1789.
The "Very-High & Very-Mighty Lord" Pierre de Rigaud died at home in the rue des Tournelles on 4 August 1778, aged eighty. His obituary mentions the multitude of royal honors, military decorations, and administrative positions awarded to him in the colonies. Although scapegoated for the loss of New France, this obituary and other documents continued to reference his role as governor of Louisiana and governor-general of New France. Rigaud lived to see the reigns of Louis XIV, Louis XV, the regency of Philippe d'Orléans, and Louis XVI. One wonders what he would have thought had he survived to 1789.
Unfortunately, the notice does not record a place of burial. His place of residence technically placed him under the jurisdiction of the parish of Saint-Louis. However, I have yet to find a mention of any interment at the parish church of Saint-Paul Saint-Louis, which stands today just next to the Paris metro station of Saint-Paul. Similarly, no mention is made of his wife's grave. She died at the age of eighty-one in 1764, presumably at the couple's home, at the time in the rue des Deux-Boules near the Louvre.