Pierre de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson ( c. 1641 – 1678) was the administrator of

Acadia Acadia (french: link=no, Acadie) was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River. During much of the 17th and early ...

in 1677–1678. Born at Saint-Hilaire de

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, son of Claude de Joybert, Seigneur de Soulanges. As a young man he served in

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before coming to

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

in 1665 as a

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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. ...

. He was attached to

Hector d'Andigné de Grandfontaine Hector d'Andigné de Grandfontaine (bap 17 May 1627 – 6 July 1696) was a French naval officer who served as the governor of Acadia from 1670–1673. Grandfontaine was baptised in France and became a Knight of Malta. He was captain of a compan ...

’s company and was part of the Prouville de Tracy’s expedition that was launched against the

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in 1666. He returned to France after the raids but came back to

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in 1670. Joybert was sent to secure various posts in

. He accepted the surrender of

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on the Saint John River,

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and Fort La Tour at Cap de Sable. In 1672, he married Marie-Françoise, daughter of the attorney-general of New France,

Louis-Théandre Chartier de Lotbinière Louis-Théandre Chartier de Lotbinière ( – c. 1688), considered by some sources to have been the 'Father of the Canadian Magistrature', was in fact the disreputable Lieutenant-General of the Provost's Court of New France. In 1667, he gave the ...

, at Quebec. Their daughter,

Louise Élisabeth de Joybert Louise Élisabeth de Joybert (August 18, 1673 – January 1740) was a French marchioness, married to marquis Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, governor of New France 1703–1725. She is reported to have had great influence during the tenure of her spou ...

, married

Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil (; c. 1643 – 10 October 1725) was a French military officer who served as Governor General of New France (now Canada and U.S. states of the Mississippi Valley) from 1703 to 1725, throughout Queen ...

, Governor of

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and

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Governors of Acadia 1678 deaths Year of birth uncertain Acadian history Year of birth unknown 1641 births {{Acadia-stub