Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
French-Canadian colonizer, governor of Louisiana, brother of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (23 February 23 1680 Montreal, Quebec – March 7, 1767). He helped colonise North America for France, and was governor of French Louisiana 4 separate times between 1701 and 1743. He is also known as Sieur de Bienville.[1]
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Born | February 23, 1680 |
Died | March 7, 1767 | (aged 87)
Occupation | French governor of Louisiana |
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His older brother was the explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville.
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References
- Bienville, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de. "Account made by Bienville of his Expedition against the Chickasaws." trans. Caroline and Eleanor Dunn in Indiana's First War. Indiana Historical Society Publications 8. Indianapolis: Wm. B. Burford, 1924. 75-123.
- Davis, Edwin Adams. Louisiana the Pelican State. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1961. LCCN 59:9088.
Other websites
- Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville in Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Bienville biography at University of South Alabama Archaeology website
- Bienville biography at the Library of Congress' France in America digital library (English and French)
Preceded by Sauvolle de la Villantry | French Governor of Louisiana 1701–1713 | Succeeded by Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac |
Preceded by Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac | French Governor of Louisiana 1717–1718 | Succeeded by Jean-Michel de Lepinay |
Preceded by Jean-Michel de Lepinay | French Governor of Louisiana 1718–1724 | Succeeded by Pierre Dugué de Boisbriant |
Preceded by Étienne Périer | French Governor of Louisiana 1733–1743 | Succeeded by Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal |
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