Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
Born	(1661-07-16)16 July 1661 Ville-Marie, New France
Died	9 July 1706(1706-07-09) (aged 44) Havana, Cuba
Allegiance	Kingdom of France
Years of service	1686-1706
Battles/wars	King William's War Hudson Bay Campaign Battle of Fort Albany Raid on Schenectady Capture of York Factory Action of 14 July 1696 Siege of Pemaquid Avalon Peninsula Campaign Battle of Hudson's Bay War of the Spanish Succession Capture of Nevis
Awards	Order of Saint Louis
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King William's War

War of the Spanish Succession

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 La Louisiane of New France. He was born in Montreal of French colonist parents.

Pierre Le Moyne was born in July 1661 at Fort Ville-Marie, now Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the third son of Charles Le Moyne, a native of Dieppe in France and lord of Longueuil in Canada, and of Catherine Thierry (called Catharine Primot in some sources) from Rouen. He is also known as Sieur d'Iberville or Sieur d'Iberville et d'Ardillières.

He had eleven brothers, most of whom became soldiers. One, Jacques Le Moyne de Sainte-Hélène, led French and Indian forces in the Schenectady massacre in present-day New York's Mohawk Valley. Charles le Moyne de Longueuil, Baron de Longueuil, was governor of Montreal. Another, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, founded Mobile, the first capital of La Louisiane, and New Orleans. Jacques and Paul LeMoyne were with him on James Bay, and Joseph LeMoyne was with him in Louisiana.

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