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His father, Admiral de Grasse, commanded the French fleet which surprised Cornwallis at Yorktown and forced a surrender.
Decrès was born in Châteauvillain, Haute-Marne on 18 June 1761 and joined the Navy at the age of 18, in the squadron of Admiral De Grasse.