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Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist lə mwan də bjɛ̃vil]; / lə ˈmɔɪn də biˈɛnvɪl /; February 23, 1680 – March 7, 1767), also known as Sieur de Bienville, was a French-Canadian colonial administrator in New France.
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (baptized Feb. 23, 1680, Montreal, New France [now in Canada]—died March 7, 1767, Paris, Fr.) was a French explorer, colonial governor of Louisiana, and founder of New Orleans.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Learn about the life and achievements of Bienville, the "Father of Louisiana" and the founder of New Orleans. He was a French explorer, naval officer, and colonial governor who fought against the English and the Choctaw tribes.
LE MOYNE DE BIENVILLE, JEAN-BAPTISTE, officer, explorer, governor of Louisiana; baptized as an infant 23 Feb. 1680 in Montreal; son of Charles Le Moyne* de Longueuil et de Châteauguay and Catherine Thierry (Primot); d. 7 March 1767 in Paris, France.
- C. E. O’Neill
- LE MOYNE DE BIENVILLE, JEAN-BAPTISTE
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 3
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, né le 23 février 1680 à Montréal (Nouvelle-France) et mort le 7 mars 1767 à Paris (paroisse Saint-Eustache), appelé aussi Sieur de Bienville ou encore Lemoine de Bienville, est un explorateur français de Montréal, deuxième gouverneur de la Louisiane.
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville was a high official and then governor of Louisiana, including present Mississippi, during the French regime (1699–1763) and was the colony’s dominant political personality until 1743. He was baptized on 23 February 1680 in Montreal, the eighth son of Charles Le Moyne, Sieur de Longueuil, and Catherine Thierry/Primot. In […]
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In the first half of the 18th century, he became the most famous figure in the history of French Louisiana. Bienville began his career following in the footsteps of his brother, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, who was nineteen years his elder.
