Charles Legardeur de Tilly (1616 – November 10, 1695) was a merchant,

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r, seigneur and official in

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. He served as governor of

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from 1648 to 1650 and as a member of the Sovereign Council of New France from 1663 to 1688. The son of René Legardeur de Tilly and Catherine de Cordé, he was born at

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and came to New France in 1636 with his brother

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. He married Geneviève, the daughter of Jean Juchereau de Maur, in 1648. In partnership with François Byssot de la Rivière and

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, Tilly hunted seals at

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and traded in

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pelts. In the fall of 1650, he returned to France to acquire the fishing monopoly at Tadoussac from the

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. In 1652, he acquired the seigneury of Cap-des-Rosiers. He was one of the first members of the Sovereign Council of New France and was named a life member of the Council in 1675. In 1679, following a dispute between the council and Governor Frontenac, he was ordered by Frontenac to withdraw from

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; at that time, he moved to Beauport. Tilly subsequently submitted to Frontenac and returned to the Council, serving until 1688, when his son Pierre-Noël became a member. He died at Quebec City seven years later.

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