Louis-Eustache Chartier de Lotbinière (; December 14, 1688 – February 12, 1749),

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de Lotbinière; Member of the

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;

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;

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and the first

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-born Dean of Notre-Dame Basilica-Cathedral,

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Birth

Born at Maison Lotbinière,

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, 14 December 1688. He was the son of

René-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière René-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière (; 1641–1709) was a French-Canadian Poet, 1st Seigneur de Lotbinière in New France (1672), Judge of the Provost and Admiralty Courts and Chief Councillor of the Sovereign Council of New France. Birth Baptis ...

and his wife Marie-Madeleine Lambert du Mont (1662–1695), daughter of Eustache Lambert du Mont (1618–1673),

and Commandant of the Quebec Militia. He was a first cousin of Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, the last

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, and the uncle of Louis-Philippe Mariauchau d'Esgly, 8th Bishop of Quebec. His own maternal uncle was married to the only daughter of Daniel de Remy de Courcelle,

Early career

He was educated at the Jesuit's College, Quebec. With his two other brothers already in the church, his father desired for him to continue in the judicial positions that he and his father had held. In 1710,

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appointed him a Councillor of the

. Six years later, the

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Michel Bégon de la Picardière Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), ...

, granted him the commission of

, which was confirmed by the King in 1717. Like his father, the authorities in

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also held high hopes that he would go on to occupy the same posts that his father and grandfather had held before him. Within the

he quickly distinguished himself by his competence, integrity and innate sense of justice, and temporarily served as

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. In 1719, his cousin, Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, put his name forward to be Chief Councillor of the

, but the Intendant,

, withdrew his support as on more than one occasion de Lotbinière had opposed attempts to interfere with decrees which the intendant wanted to have changed. De Lotbinière did not get the promotion, and in 1722, his antagonism with Bégon was again evident when the intendant wrote of him that he "thinks that he knows as much as the most diligent. He is very fond of pleasure and not too fond of work". He had inherited the

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of Lotbinière, rendering fealty and homage in 1724, and he also held land in the

of Maure. In 1717, he had started the construction of a large stone church at Lotbinière, with the help of his brother, Father Valentin, who was the parish priest there. In 1722, he was appointed general agent at

for the

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The Church

In 1723, his wife died on giving birth to their eighth child, the future Marquis de Lotbinière. This event prompted him to pursue a life in

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. In consequence of his already official duties, he learned

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through either his brother, Father Valentin, or

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, who held Eustache in high esteem. He was ordained into the

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in 1726, and only four days after this event the Bishop of Quebec appointed him

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and

, which was followed a few months later to his appointment as

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to the Bishop. He resigned from the Indies Company, but

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allowed him to retain his position on the

as a lay councillor, on condition that he abstain from attending trials of criminal cases and relinquish his office as

Family

In 1711, he married Marie-Françoise (1693–1723), daughter of Captain

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and Françoise-Thérèse (b.1670), daughter of Nicholas Dupont de Neuville (1632–1716). His wife's brother, Nicolas-Marie (1696–1743), married his sister, Angélique Chartier de Lotbinière (1692–1772), and their son inherited the

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de Fresnoy. Eustache and Marie-Françoise de Lotbinière were survived by five children, *Marie-Francoise Chartier de Lotbinière (1712-1776). In 1737, she married Antoine Juchereau Duchesnay (1704-1772),

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, 5th

de Beauport etc., nephew of Louis Juchereau de Saint-Denys.Famille de Juchereau de Sany-Denys, Juchereau du Chesnay/Duchesnay
/ref> They were the parents of The Hon. Antoine Juchereau Duchesnay. *Louis-Eustache Chartier de Lotbiniere (1715-1786),

. Ordained in

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, he returned to

as a

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. In 1751, he donated a set of bells to the Church of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Quebec. *

François-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière François-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière (; 1716 – in or after 1785), Knight of Malta, was a Recollet priest in Canada, the son of Eustache Chartier de Lotbinière by his wife Marie-Francoise, daughter of François-Marie Renaud d'Avène des Mel ...

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and

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. *Marie-Louise Chartier de Lotbiniere (1718-1750), became a sister at the

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Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière Michel-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière, 1st Marquis de Lotbinière (; 1723–1798), Seigneur of Vaudreuil, Lotbinière and Rigaud, Quebec etc. In 1757, on his advice at the Siege of Fort William Henry, the Marquis de Montcalm successfully attacke ...

, married the daughter of Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry (1682-1756)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chartier de Lotbiniere, Eustache People of New France 1688 births 1749 deaths