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Nicolas Antoine II Coulon de Villiers (25 June 1708 – 3 April 1750) was a French military officer from an influential military family in the King George's War.
Overview
He was born in Contrecœur, Quebec, as son of Nicolas-Antoine Coulon de Villiers and Angelique Jarret de Vercheres. His 3 brothers were Louis Coulon de Villiers, Francois Coulon de Villiers and Joseph Coulon de Jumonville.
In his youth, he fought against the sauks and became commander of Fort St. Joseph (Niles, Michigan) after the death of his father in battle. In 1742, he returned to Quebec and married on 7 October 1743, Madeleine-Marie-Anne Tarieu de La Perade, widow of Richard Testu de La Richardiere.
In 1746, he was posted as captain in Acadia and won an important victory against a larger British force in the Battle of Grand Pre on 1& February 1747. For this, he was awarded the Order of Saint Louis, with an 800-livre gratuity, by the King of France. He was also appointed major of Trois-Rivieres.
But Coulon de Villiers had his left arm shattered by a musket ball during the battle. He went to France for treatment of his wound at a thermal spring. After his return to Canada in 1749 he was obliged to have his wounded arm amputated. He did not survive the operation, and was buried at Montreal on 4 April 1750.