Charles Jacques Huault de Montmagny (c. 1583 to 1599 – 4 July 1657) was governor of

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from 1636 to 1648. He was the first person to bear the title of Governor of New France and succeeded

Samuel de Champlain Samuel de Champlain (; Fichier OrigineFor a detailed analysis of his baptismal record, see RitchThe baptism act does not contain information about the age of Samuel, neither his birth date nor his place of birth. – 25 December 1635) was a Fre ...

, who governed the colony as

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. Montmagny was able to negotiate a peace treaty with the

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Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...

in 1645. Born in

Montmagny, Val-d'Oise Montmagny () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Transport The north of Montmagny is served by the Deuil - Montmagny station and the south by the Épinay–Villetaneuse station, both on the Transilien ...

, to Charles Huault (descended from a noble family headed by Jacques Huault, a counsellor under

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1534 to 1580) and Antoinette Du Drac, Huault de Montmagny was educated by the

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under the Order of the

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in 1622. He later joined the navy and then became a member of the Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France in 1632. His name 'Montmagny' roughly translated into the Iroquoian languages as "

Onontio Onontio was a title used by North American Indians of the Great Lakes region to refer to the governor of New France. The title was first given to Charles de Montmagny and was subsequently applied to all later French governors. ''Onontio'' is a Mohaw ...

" (Great Mountain), a title which the Iroquois Confederacy used for all subsequent Governors of Quebec. Late in his life he was commissioned by the

to oversee the Hospitaller colonies in the Caribbean. His presence there was ineffective, since he was bogged down in power struggles with the sitting governor,

Phillippe de Longvilliers de Poincy Phillippe de Longvilliers de Poincy (1584–1660) was a French nobleman and Bailiff Grand Cross of the Knights of Malta. He governed the island of Saint Christopher from 1639 to his death in 1660, first under the Compagnie des Îles de l'Amériq ...

. Montmagny died on

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on 4 July 1657.

Honours

de Montmagny's legacy is found in the province of

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: *

Montmagny, Quebec Montmagny () is a city in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is the county seat and had a population, as of the Canada 2011 Census, of 11,491. The city is on the south shore of the Sain ...

(1966) – formerly located in the Montmagny County and now in

Montmagny Regional County Municipality Montmagny is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Montmagny is the seat. Its neighbouring RCMs are Bellechasse, Les Etchemins, and L'Islet. This area was named after Charles de Montmagny, ...

since 1982 ** Montmagny Arena * former provincial districts of Montmagny (1867–1972) and Montmagny-L'Islet (1972–2011) *

are named after him. * current federal riding of

Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup (formerly Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2006 was ...

(2003) – replaced

Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet (formerly known as Bellechasse—Montmagny—L'Islet) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004. It was created as " ...

(1996–2003) * rue Montmagny are found in Sorel, Quebec,

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, Trois-Riveres, Quebec and

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* avenue de Montmagny in

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and Hôpital de Montmagny in

Cap-Saint-Ignace, Quebec Cap-Saint-Ignace is a municipality in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, 70 km east of Quebec City on Route ...

References

External links

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
Governors of New France French nobility 1590s births 1657 deaths 17th-century Canadian politicians {{NewFrance-stub

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