|
Governors Of Montreal
The governor of Montreal was the highest position in Montreal in the 17th century and the 18th century. Prior to the establishment of the 1663 New France Sovereign Council, Sovereign Council, the governor of Montreal was appointed by the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal. The governor had responsibilities over both military and civil affairs in Montreal. List of governors of Montreal This is a list of governors of Montreal. See also * Governor General of New France * List of Acadian governors, Governor of Acadia * List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador#Governors of Plaisance, 1655–1713, Governor of Plaisance * List of colonial governors of Louisiana, Governor of Louisiana * Timeline of Montreal history * History of Montreal * List of mayors of Montreal References *''Chronologie des gouverneurs de Montréal, 1641-1724'' in Groupe de recherche sur Montréal, Centre Canadien d'Architecture 1996–2000 * in GenWeb Montréal, Ancêtre francophone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cities by population, ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas De Lanouguère
Thomas de Lanouguère (; 1644 – May 1678) was a soldier, seigneur and administrator in New France. He was acting governor of Montreal in 1674. His descendants adopted the surnames Lanaudière, Tarieu de Lanaudière and Tarieu de La Pérade. The son of Jean de Lanouguère and Jeanne de Samalins, he was born in Mirande, France and arrived in Canada as an ensign in the Carignan-Salières Regiment and took part in an expedition against the Iroquois. When the company was disbanded, Lanouguère remained in Canada and, in 1670, purchased land along the Sainte-Anne River, now part of the parish of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. In 1672, he married Marguerite-Renée, the daughter of Pierre Denys de la Ronde. In the same year, he was named lieutenant for the guards of Governor Frontenac. The following year, he was named interim commandant at Montreal and captain of Frontenac's guards at Quebec City Quebec City is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles LeMoine, Deuxième Baron De Longueuil
Charles III Le Moyne (18 October 1687 – 17 January 1755) was the second baron de Longueuil. He succeeded his father Charles to the title in 1729. He became Governor of Montreal, and acting administrator of New France for a few months in 1752 before being replaced by the Marquis de Menneville. Biography Charles III Le Moyne was the son of Charles, Baron de Longueiul, who had been the interim General Administrator for New France. His father named him Commandant of Fort Niagara on April 28, 1726. In June 1733, Charles III was made a Major of the military troops of the Government of Montreal, In 1739, the Governor-General of New France, the Marquis de Beauharnois, sent him to Louisiana in order to help the Governor of Louisiana Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville against the native Chicachas. He returned to Montreal in 1740 and a few years later, on May 23, 1749, Louis XV named him Governor of Montreal. After the death of the Governor of New France, the Marquis de la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josué Dubois Berthelot De Beaucours
Josué Dubois Berthelot de Beaucours (ca 1662 – May 9, 1750) was a military officer in New France, chief engineer of Canada and governor of Trois-Rivières and Montreal. He was also known as Jean-Maurice-Josué. The son of Jacques-Hyacinthe Dubois Berthelot and Péronelle de Magnan, he was born in the chateau de Bois Berthelot at Canihuel in France and joined the French navy at the age of 20. In 1684, he was named midshipman. In 1687, he was discharged from the naval service and, the following year, became a lieutenant in the colonial regular troops of Canada. In 1689, he was charged with improving the defences of the town of Trois-Rivières due to the threat of attacks by the Iroquois. In 1692, Beaucours led a successful expedition against the Iroquois. Later that year, he drew up plans for the fortification of Quebec City against a possible English attack. He was subsequently given the post of engineer. In 1701, he was promoted to captain and, in 1702, went to work on fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Bouillet De La Chassaigne
Jean Bouillet de la Chassaigne (June 1654 – January 31, 1733) was a soldier in New France. He served as governor of Trois-Rivières from 1726 to 1730 and as governor of Montreal from 1730 to 1733. He was also known as Jean-Baptiste. The son of Gaudefroy Bouillet, a lawyer and seigneur of the fief of La Chassagne, and Anne Bartaud, he was born at Paray in France and joined the Régiment de Navarre in 1672, reaching the rank of lieutenant. In 1677, he became a captain in the Régiment de Condé and, in 1687, was given command of a company of the colonial regular troops in Canada. In 1690, La Chassaigne was commander of Fort Lachine. He became a midshipman in 1693, a captain in the following year and a naval sub-lieutenant in 1695. In 1699, he married Marie-Anne, the daughter of Charles le Moyne de Longueuil, Baron de Longueuil. He served as town major of Montreal in 1710. In 1711, he was awarded the Cross of Saint-Louis. He became town major of Quebec City in 1716, king's l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis XV
Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity (then defined as his 13th birthday) in 1723, the kingdom was ruled by his grand-uncle Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, as Régence, Regent of France. André-Hercule de Fleury, Cardinal Fleury was chief minister from 1726 until his death in 1743, at which time the king took sole control of the kingdom. His reign of almost 59 years (from 1715 to 1774) was the second longest in the history of France, exceeded only by his predecessor, Louis XIV, who had ruled for 72 years (from 1643 to 1715). In 1748, Louis returned the Austrian Netherlands, won at the Battle of Fontenoy of 1745. He ceded New France in North America to Great Britain and Spain at the conclusion of the disastrous Seven Years' War in 1763. He incorporated the territories of the Duchy of Lorr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Le Moyne (1656-1729)
Charles Le Moyne is the name of: * Charles Le Moyne (actor) (1880-1956), American actor of the silent film era * Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay (; 2 August 1626 – February 1685),: gives dates (1 August 1626; d. at Ville-Marie, 1683) and mentions names/actions of several sons. was a French officer and merchant who was a prominent fi ... (1626-1685), settler in New France, now Canada * Charles le Moyne de Longueuil, Baron de Longueuil (1656-1729), governor in New France * Charles Le Moyne Mitchell (1844-1890), American politician * Charles LeMoyne Hospital, a hospital in Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada {{hndis, Le Moyne, Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Le Moyne De Longueuil, Baron De Longueuil
Charles (II) le Moyne de Longueuil, Baron de Longueuil (; December 10, 1656 – June 7, 1729) was the first native-born Canadians, Canadian to be made Baron in New France. Charles le Moyne de Longueuil was the eldest son of Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay and spent his childhood in France as a page to one of Governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Frontenac's relatives. He was a military officer and governor of Trois-Rivières. He was appointed governor of Montreal in 1724. When the Governor General of New France, Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Vaudreuil died in 1725, Longueuil was made responsible for the general administration of New France, until a new governor could be appointed. He was disappointed that the position was not given to him, being a natural progression from the governing of Trois-Rivieres. and later of Montreal, and, for a time, acting administrator of New France. During his life he owned 10 slaves.Trudel, Marcel (1960). ''L 'esclavage au Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude De Ramezay
Claude de Ramezay, (15 June 1659 – 31 July 1724), was an important figure in the early history of New France. He was a military man by training and rose to being commander of the colonial regular troops. Life Claude de Ramezay was a son of Timothé de Ramezay and Catherine Tribouillard, daughter of Hilaire Tribouillard, intendant in charge of the extensive stables of the Prince de Condé. He came to Canada in 1685 as a lieutenant in the colonial regular troops and was promoted to the rank of captain two years later. In 1690, Ramezay married the daughter of Pierre Denys de La Ronde (1631 - 1708) and thus was joined to one of the elite families of New France. He then bought the position of governor of Trois-Rivières from the widow of René Gaultier de Varennes and became governor there in 1691. In 1699, Ramezay left Trois-Rivières to become the commander of the Canadian troops. He served satisfactorily and was awarded the cross of Saint-Louis for his efforts. In 1704 he suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe De Rigaud De Vaudreuil
Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil (; c. 1643 – 10 October 1725) was a French military officer who served as Governor General of New France (now Canada and U.S. states of the Mississippi Valley) from 1703 to 1725, throughout Queen Anne's War and Father Rale's War. Life and career He was born at the Castle of Vaudreuil near Castelnaudary in France. He was the second son of Jean-Louis de Rigaud (d. 1659), Baron de Vaudreuil, Seigneur d' Auriac and de Cabanial, by his wife Marie de Château-Verdun. She was the daughter of François, Seigneur de la Razairie. As Chevalier de Vaudreuil, he was sent to command French forces in New France before being appointed Governor of Montreal in 1699, and then Governor General of New France in 1703. He died at Quebec City. He married Louise Élisabeth de Joybert, a daughter of Pierre de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson, by his wife Marie-Françoise, daughter of Louis-Théandre Chartier de Lotbinière. They lived at Château Vaudreuil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
