Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur (; 1596 – May 1, 1688) was an officer in the

Carignan-Salières Regiment The Carignan-Salières Regiment was a Piedmont French military unit formed by merging two other regiments in 1659. They were led by the new Governor, Daniel de Rémy de Courcelles, and Lieutenant-General Alexandre de Prouville, Sieur de Tracy. ...

and the first seigneur of Contrecœur. His son,

François-Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur François-Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur ( 1676 – July 2, 1743) was a military man by career (Carignan-Salières Regiment) and had inherited the seigneury of Contrecœur from his father, Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur. His son, Claude-Pierre ...

, inherited the seigneury from his father. Antoine Pécaudy came to New France in 1665 and was still an active military man attaining the rank of captain. He led numerous campaigns and was wounded several times. He stayed in Canada at the time the regiment disbanded. A number of the officers who stayed were granted generous lands. His seigneury gave its name to present-day Contrecoeur, Quebec.

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Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
People of New France 1596 births 1688 deaths {{KingdomofFrance-stub