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Jacques-René de Brisay, Marquis de Denonville (10 December 1637 – 22 September 1710) was the Governor General of New France from 1685 to 1689 and was an important figure during the intermittent conflict between New France and the Iroquois known as the Beaver Wars.
Jan 14, 2008 · Jacques-René de Brisay Denonville, Marquis de, governor general of New France, 1685-89 (b at Denonville, France 10 Dec 1637; d there 22 Sept 1710). He arrived at Québec 1 August 1685 at a dangerous point in the colony's conflict with the IROQUOIS and English.
BRISAY DE DENONVILLE, JACQUES-RENÉ DE, Marquis de DENONVILLE, colonel and brigadier of the Queen’s Dragoons, inspector-general of Dragoons, governor general of New France, 1685–89, major-general, deputy-governor for the dukes of Bourgogne, Anjou, and Berry; baptized 18 Dec. 1637 at Denonville, France, son of Pierre de Brisay, chevalier and ...
BRISAY DE DENONVILLE, JACQUES-RENÉ DE, marquis de DENONVILLE, colonel et général de brigade des Dragons de la Reine, inspecteur général des dragons, gouverneur général de la Nouvelle-France de 1685 à 1689, maréchal de camp, sous-gouverneur des ducs de Bourgogne, d’Anjou et de Berry ; fils de Pierre de Brisay, chevalier et seigneur ...
Jacques René de Brisay Denonville, marquis de (zhäk rənā´ də brēzā´ märkē´ də dənôNvēl´), d. 1710, governor of New France (1685–89). To subdue the Iroquois he led a force of 3,000 French and Native American enemies of the Iroquois into the Seneca country in W New York in 1687 and destroyed their villages.
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