Augustin de Saffray de Mésy (1598–1665) was the first
Governor General
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of
New France
New France (french: Nouvelle-France) was the area colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spa ...
in 1663 after
Louis XIV
, house = Bourbon
, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
, death_date =
, death_place = Palace of Ver ...
took over the administration of New France from the
Compagnie des Cent-Associés
The Company of One Hundred Associates ( French: formally the Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France, or colloquially the Compagnie des Cent-Associés or Compagnie du Canada), or Company of New France, was a French trading and colonization company ch ...
.
Very little is known of de Mésy, but he served as town major in charge of the
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History
The castle was built c. 1060 by William the Conqueror (Will ...
in
Caen,
Normandy
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. He developed a tense relationship with
François de Laval
Francis-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval, commonly referred to as François de Laval (30 April 1623 – 6 May 1708), was a French prelate of the Catholic Church. Consecrated a bishop in 1658, he led the Apostolic Vicariate of New France from 1658 to ...
during his tenure as Governor in
Canada
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and died in office at
Quebec
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on 6 May 1665.
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Governors of New France
1665 deaths
Year of birth unknown
1598 births
17th-century Canadian politicians
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