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  1. Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville [a] (16 July 1661 – 9 July 1706) [1] [2] or Sieur d'Iberville [a] was a French soldier, explorer, colonial administrator, and trader. He is noted for founding the colony of Louisiana in New France. He was born in Montreal to French colonist parents.

  2. Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville 1686-1702. Baptised at Ville-Marie on July 20, 1661, Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville is the third of eleven boys and three girls born from the marriage of Catherine Thierry-Primot to Charles Le Moyne de Longueuil, a merchant in Montréal. D’Iberville, who was trained to wield an incisive and nimble pen, was ...

  3. Empire of the Bay: Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada. Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville was a French-Canadian naval hero and one of Britain's most...

  4. Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville was the third and most famous son of Charles Le Moyne* de Longueuil et de Châteauguay and of Catherine Thierry. He had two sisters and eleven brothers; nearly all of his brothers rose to military fame in America, and several died in battle.

    • Bernard Pothier
    • LE MOYNE D’IBERVILLE ET D’ARDILLIÈRES, PIERRE
    • Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 2
  5. Sep 16, 2022 · Courtesy of Louisiana State Museum. Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. Bohunek, Rudolph (Artist) Pierre Le Moyne, sieur d’Iberville, Canadian soldier and explorer, is often described as the founder of the first permanent French settlement in Louisiana. After a prestigious and lengthy career with the military in New France, Iberville traveled on an ...

  6. May 21, 2024 · Quick Reference. (1661–1706). Son of a prominent Canadian family, Iberville joined Pierre de Troyes in the capture of Hudson's Bay Company posts on James Bay in 1686. In these raids he revealed ... From: Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne d' in The Oxford Companion to Canadian History » Subjects: History — Regional and National History. Reference entries.

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  8. Jan 21, 2008 · In 1686, Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville et d’Ardillières joined the expedition led by de Pierre de Troyes against the English in James Bay . He was rewarded with the governorship of the conquered trading posts. He returned to the bay in 1688, 1690 and 1694. There, he raided English posts and seized furs. On 5 September 1697, his lone ship ...

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