Charles III Le Moyne (

Longueuil Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly acr ...

, (18 October 1687 – 17 January 1755) was the second

baron de Longueuil Baron de Longueuil () is a title of French nobility that was granted originally by King Louis XIV of France to a Norman military officer, Charles le Moyne de Longueuil. Its continuing recognition since the cession of Canada by France to Britain ...

. He succeeded his father

Charles le Moyne de Longueuil, Baron de Longueuil Charles (II) le Moyne de Longueuil, Baron de Longueuil (December 10, 1656 – June 7, 1729) was the first native-born Canadian to be made Baron in New France. Charles le Moyne de Longueuil was the eldest son of Charles le Moyne de Longueuil ...

in 1729. He became

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, and administrator by interim of

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Charles III Le Moyne was the son of

, who was General Administrator for

by interim. He named his son Commandant of

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on April 28, 1726. In June 1733, Charles III was named Major of the military troops of the Government of Montreal; then in 1739, the

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, Marquis de Beauharnois, sent him to

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, in order to help the

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Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (; ; February 23, 1680 – March 7, 1767), also known as Sieur de Bienville, was a French colonial administrator in New France. Born in Montreal, he was an early governor of French Louisiana, appointed four ...

against the native Chicachas. He went back to

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in 1740; and a few years later, on May 23, 1749,

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named him

. After the death of the

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Marquis de la Jonquière, the

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François Bigot gave him the position of Administrator of New France; but he did not get permission from the King to keep his position, because he had named the successor of Marquis de la Jonquière before his death marquis de Menneville. In August 1752, he became once more Governor of Montreal. During his life he owned 7

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s.Trudel, Marcel (1960). ''L 'esclavage au Canada français.'' Les presses universitaires Laval, p. 139.

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* 1687 births 1755 deaths Barons of Longueuil People of New France Governors of Montreal Le Moyne family 18th-century Canadian politicians {{NewFrance-stub

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