René Gaultier de Varennes (
c 1635 – 4 June 1689) is best known in Canadian history as being one of the early governors of
Trois-Rivières, Quebec and the father of
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye (17 November 1685 – 5 December 1749) was a French Canadian military officer, fur trader, and explorer. In the 1730s, he and his four sons explored the area west of Lake Superior and ...
, a famous Canadian explorer and
fur trader. Part of the Ancien Régime, the Gaultier family of aristocrats came from the Anjou area of France.
René married the daughter of
Pierre Boucher
Pierre Boucher de Boucherville (born Pierre Boucher; 1 August 162219 April 1717) was a French settler, soldier, officer, naturalist, official, governor, and ennobled aristocrat in Nouvelle-France or New France (in what is now Canada). Early life
P ...
, the
governor of Trois-Rivières in 1667 and part of the marriage contract contained a request to the
governor of New France The governor of New France was the viceroy of the King of France in North America. A French nobleman, he was appointed to govern the colonies of New France, which included Canada, Acadia and Louisiana. The residence of the Governor was at the Chate ...
,
Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle
Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle, Sieur de Montigny, de La Fresnaye et de Courcelle (1626 – 24 October 1698) was the Governor General of New France from 1665 to 1672.
Daniel de Rémy had the Carignan-Salières Regiment and their Lieutenant Gener ...
, that he should retain the office and the privileges of his father-in-law when Boucher retired. Boucher did retire in 1667 and René became governor.
He died in 1689 in the parish of l’Immaculée-Conception near Trois-Rivières.
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1630s births
1689 deaths
People of New France
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