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Iberville, Pierre le Moyne, sieur d' pyĕr lə mwän syör dēbĕrvēlˈ , 1661–1706, French Canadian naval officer, founder of the French territory of Louisiana, b. Ville Marie (in present Montreal), Canada; son of Charles le Moyne, sieur de Longueuil, and brother of Jean Baptiste le Moyne, sieur de Bienville. In 1675 he entered the French ...
Brief Life History of Pierre. When Pierre Le Moyne was born in 1593, in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France, his father, Barthelémy Lemoine, was 23 and his mother, Marie Jeanne Drouin, was 26. He married Judith Du Chesne in 1618, in Dieppe, Normandy, France. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters.
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville was born in 1661 in Montreal in Canada. He became well known through his strategic winning of battles in King William’s War. Iberville was the founder of the French colony La Louisiane. He was a soldier and explorer who was sent to find the mouth of the Mississippi River and establish a colony there for France. The Minister Ponchartrain tasked Iberville with ...
Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville (1661-1706), was a French soldier, naval captain, and adventurer. He harried the British forces in North America and laid the foundations for Louisiana. Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'iberville, was born in July 1661 at Montreal, Quebec. Son of a wealthy fur trader ennobled for valiant service, Pierre grew up on the ...
Apr 27, 2022 · Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (16 July 1661 – 9 July 1706 [probable] was a soldier, ship captain, explorer, colonial administrator, knight of the order of Saint-Louis, adventurer, privateer, trader, member of Compagnies Franches de la Marine and founder of the French colony of Louisiana of New France.
Jan 25, 2021 · Eager to plant the fleur-de-lys in the Mississippi Valley, Pontchartrain chose thirty-seven-year-old Pierre le Moyne, Sieur d’Iberville to lead an expedition to establish a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Iberville was one of eleven sons born to a minor nobleman in Canada.
Normandy and Aunis are regions of France located respectively in the northwest and west central areas of that nation. Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville, was born at Ville-Marie (now Montreal) on July 9, 1661. His father, Charles Le Moyne de Longueil et de Chateauguay (1626-1685), came to French Canada in 1641 from Dieppe.
