[7] On 15 September 1658 the king appointed d'Esnambuc Governor and Lieutenant General of Martinique and Saint Lucia, with de Vaudrocques to act in his place until he reached the age of 20.
He had associated himself only with the most debauched and those who had abandoned themselves to all sort of violence, that not only was military discipline no longer observed or justice administered, but trade had been entirely lost to the French.
On 31 March 1660 the French and English agreed to act together in defense against the Caribs, from whom they solicited a peace treaty.
Vaudroques also had to oppose a huge project to control Martinique by superintendent Nicolas Fouquet, who sent two emissaries to the island charged with buying up all the valuable properties.
[7] Fouquet thought that by using intermediaries he would conceal his true intentions to usurp the property of the du Parquet boys.