Emmanuel Le Borgne de Belle-Isle (1610 – 5 August 1675) was the
governor of Acadia in 1657–67 and was the claimant to the estate of
Charles de Menou d'Aulnay
Charles de Menou d'Aulnay (''de Charnisay'') (–1650) was a French pioneer of European settlement in North America and Governor of Acadia (1635–1650).
D'Aulnay was a member of the French nobility who was at various times a sea captain, a lie ...
who had governed Acadia until his death.
Le Borgne was a highly successful merchant in France and had financed d’Aulnay in his Acadian trade. When d’Aulnay died by drowning, Le Borgne laid formal claim to the estate. He then sent an expedition to Acadia the next year to attempt a monopoly of the trade and secure the money owed to him. His youngest son,
Alexandre Le Borgne de Belle-Isle, acted as governor temporarily, ahead of his father's arrival to Acadia.
His competition was
Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour
Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour (1593–1666) was a Huguenot French colonist and fur trader who served as Governor of Acadia from 1631–1642 and again from 1653–1657.
Early life
Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour was born in France i ...
at Saint John (whose daughter, Marie, was, in 1668, wed to his son, Alexandre) and another former governor of Acadia,
Nicolas Denys, at Cape Breton.
In 1653, along with raiding Pentagouet (
Castine, Maine
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The population was 1,320 at the 2020 census. Castine is the home of Maine Maritime Academy, a four-year institut ...
),
LaHave, Nova Scotia, and Nipisguit (
Bathurst, New Brunswick
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), Emmanuel Le Borgne, with 100 men, also raided Saint-Pierre.
Denys was taken prisoner and returned to France.
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''Emmanuel Le Borgne (Gouverneur de 1657 à 1667)''
1610 births
1675 deaths
Governors of Acadia
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