Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy

Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy Seigneur of Tracy-le-Val and Tracy-le-Mont
Born	c. 1603 Amiens
Died	28 April 1670 Paris
Occupation(s)	Military leader and statesman
Lieutenant Général of the Americas
In office November 1664 – 1667
Governor general of the French Antilles
In office 7 Jun 1664 – April 1665
Preceded by	Phillippe de Longvilliers de Poincy
Succeeded by	Antoine Lefèbvre de La Barre
Governor of New France (acting)
In office 6 May 1665 – 12 September 1665
Preceded by	Augustin de Saffray de Mésy
Succeeded by	Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle
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Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy (c. 1603 – 1670) was a French military leader, statesman, and the seigneur of Tracy-le-Val and Tracy-le-Mont in Picardy, France. A professional soldier, he was a regimental commander during the Thirty Years Wars, and was later appointed commissary general of French forces in Germany. In 1663, he was commissioned lieutenant-général of the French colonies in the Americas. In 1664, he led an expedition that expelled the Dutch from Guiana. The following year he sailed to New France where, in 1666, he led the Carignan-Salieres Regiment and Canadien volunteers in an invasion of the Mohawk homeland. He returned to France after reaching peace settlements with the Mohawk and the other Iroquois nations, and was appointed commandant at Dunkirk, and later governor of the Château Trompette in Bordeaux.