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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jean-Baptiste_Le_Moyne_deJean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville - Wikipedia

    Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist lə mwan də bjɛ̃vil]; / l ə ˈ m ɔɪ n d ə b i ˈ ɛ n v ɪ l /; February 23, 1680 – March 7, 1767), also known as Sieur de Bienville, was a French-Canadian colonial administrator in New France.

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  3. www.britannica.com › biography › Jean-Baptiste-LeJean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville | French Explorer & New ...

    Apr 17, 2024 · 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. Jean-Baptiste was the eighth son of Canadian pioneer Charles Le Moyne.

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  4. www.biographi.ca › en › bioLE MOYNE DE BIENVILLE, JEAN-BAPTISTE - Biography

    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.

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  6. www.battlefields.org › learn › biographiesJean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville - American Battlefield Trust

    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.

  7. fr.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jean-Baptiste_Le_Moyne_deJean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville — Wikipédia

    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.

  8. heritage.bnf.fr › france-ameriques › enJean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville | Patrimoines Partagés ...

    Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, who was born in Montreal in 1680 and died in Paris in 1767, is often presented by historians as the “father of Louisiana”. Given his wanderings and fields of action, he would better fit the description as a man of the Atlantic, with one foot in the American colonies and the other in France.

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  10. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca › en › articleJean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville - The Canadian Encyclopedia

    Jan 21, 2008 · Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, governor of Louisiana (bap at Montréal 23 Feb 1680; d at Paris, France 7 Mar 1767). Louisiana was New France's offshoot an...