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Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
French soldier (–)
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville[a] (16 July – 9 July )[1][2] or Sieur d'Iberville[a] was a French soldier, explorer, colonial administrator, and trader.
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He is noted for founding the colony of Louisiana in New France. He was born in Montreal to French colonist parents.
Early life
Pierre Le Moyne was born in July at Fort Ville-Marie (now Montreal), in the French colony of Canada, the third son[1] 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&#;[fr] (called Catherine Primot in some sources) from Rouen.[1][3] He is also known as Sieur d'Iberville (et d'Ardillières).[1][2]
He had eleven brothers, most of whom became soldiers.
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