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 es ...
, a famous Canadian explorer and
fur trade
The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of a world fur market in the early modern period, furs of boreal ecosystem, boreal, polar and cold temperate mammalian animals h ...
r. Part of the Ancien Régime, the Gaultier family of aristocrats came from the Anjou area of France.
René married the daughter of
Pierre Boucher, 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 Chat ...
,
Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle, 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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