Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge (c. 1612 – 31 May 1660) was the French
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 Chat ...
from 1648 to 1651 and acting governor from 1657 to 1658. He caused to be built the house that is today known as the
Duke of Kent House, Quebec.
Biography
He was born at
Ancy-le-Franc into a noble family, the son of Antoine d'Ailleboust and Suzanne Hotman. His grandfather was
François Hotman. He was trained as a military engineer. He went to Ville-Marie (now
Montréal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...
) in 1643 and played a leading role there; he was an acting
governor of Montreal.
After being named governor in 1648, he tried in vain to prevent the
Iroquois
The Iroquois ( ), also known as the Five Nations, and later as the Six Nations from 1722 onwards; alternatively referred to by the Endonym and exonym, endonym Haudenosaunee ( ; ) are an Iroquoian languages, Iroquoian-speaking Confederation#Ind ...
from annihilating most of the
Hurons, who had allied themselves with the French settlers.
On 17 May 1657, at
Saint-Nazaire
Saint-Nazaire (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Loire-Atlantique Departments of France, department in western France, in traditional Brittany.
The town has a major harbour on the right bank of the Loire estuary, near the Atlantic Oc ...
,
Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve and d'Ailleboust, as well as three
Sulpicians (
Gabriel Souart, Antoine d'Allet, and Dominique Galinier) under the leadership of
Gabriel de Queylus,
the first superior of
Saint-Sulpice at Montreal, boarded the ship bound for Canada. The travellers, after a stormy crossing, landed on the
Île d'Orléans
Île d'Orléans (; ) is an island located in the Saint Lawrence River about east of downtown Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was one of the first parts of the province to be colonized by the French, and a large percentage of French Canadians c ...
, 29 July. In the middle of August the four Sulpicians, whom the
Jesuits
The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...
had kept as their guests for a few days in their residence, settled down at Ville-Marie.
Louis d'Ailleboust died at Montreal on 31 May 1660, at the age of 48. He left no children. He was buried on 1 June 1660, in the cemetery of the hospital that stood on the site of today's
Place d'Armes.
See also
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Laurent Bermen
References
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