Jean François Sylvestre Denis de Trobriand

Jean François Sylvestre Denis de Trobriand (7 June 1765 – 16 March 1799) was a French naval officer and navigator who particularly distinguished himself during the expedition of d'Entrecasteaux to Australasia (1791–94).

He was one of three children of Jean François Sylvestre Denis, count of Trobriand (1729–1810) and Jeanne Charlotte Le Gris du Clos (1735–?).

[1] He joined the French Navy and became a midshipman in 1780, initially serving under Bougainville and taking part in the American War of Independence.

Visiting Surabaya on their way back to France, and unaware of the Franco-Dutch War, the surviving crews of both vessels were detained and their ships confiscated and broken up.

There he was appointed Commander and sailed for Saint-Domingue, where he died in 1799, possibly as a result of poisoning ordered by Toussaint Louverture during the Haitian Revolution.