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Louis Antoine Juchereau de St. Denis (French: Louis Juchereau de Saint-Denis; September 17, 1676 – June 11, 1744) was a French-Canadian soldier and explorer best known for his exploration and development of the Louisiana (New France) and Spanish Texas regions.
Jun 7, 2024 · Louis Juchereau de Saint-Denis was a French-Canadian explorer and soldier, leader of a 1714 expedition from French-held Natchitoches, in the Louisiana Territory, to the Spanish town of San Juan Bautista (modern Villahermosa) on the Rio Grande.
Jan 1, 1996 · St. Denis, Louis Juchereau de (1674–1744). Louis Juchereau de St. Denis, the eleventh of twelve children of Nicolas Juchereau and Marie Thérèse Giffard, was born near Quebec on September 17, 1674. It appears that his parents were able to send him to France for further education.
St. Denis, born near Quebec on September 17, 1674, may have been one of the earliest Frenchmen to travel in what is now Oklahoma. From 1701 until 1707 St. Denis explored the Red River area from his home base of Fort St. John in Louisiana on the Mississippi River. He later took charge of Fort Biloxi.
JUCHEREAU DE SAINT-DENIS, LOUIS, explorer, trader, officer in the colonial regular troops; b. 17 Sept. 1676 in Quebec, son of Nicolas Juchereau* de Saint-Denis and Marie-Thérèse Giffard; m. late 1715 or early 1716 to Emanuela Ramón de Navarro; d. 11 June 1744 at Natchitoches, Louisiana.
Mar 18, 2024 · ST. DENIS, LOUIS JUCHEREAU DE (1674-1744). Louis Juchereau de St. Denis, the eleventh of twelve children of Nicolas Juchereau and Marie Thérèse Giffard, was born near Quebec on September 17, 1674. It appears that his parents were able to send him to France for further education.
Jun 29, 2021 · Louis Antoine Juchereau de St. Denis was a famous explorer and native-born French-Canadian soldier who is known for the work he did in the development of modern-day Louisiana and Texas.
