Sieur d'Iberville
| Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville | |
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| Born |
16 July 1661 Ville-Marie, New France |
| Died | 9 July 1706 (aged 44) Havana, Cuba |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of France
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| Years of service | 1686–1706 |
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| Awards | Order of Saint Louis |
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Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (16 July 1661 – 9 July 1706 ) 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 de Longueuil et de Châteauguay, a native of Dieppe or of Longueuil near Dieppe, Normandy in France and lord of Longueuil in Canada, and of Catherine Thierry (called Catherine 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 Bienville, founded New Orleans. Jacques and Paul LeMoyne were with him on James Bay, and Joseph LeMoyne was with him in Louisiana.
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