Soldier and Governor of New France (r. 1672-82, 1689-98)
Louis de Buade de Frontenac
Illustration of Frontenac
3rd and 6th Governor General of New France
In office 1672–1682
Monarch
Louis XIV
Deputy
none (1672–1675) Jacques Duchesneau de la Doussinière et d'Ambault (1675–1682)
Preceded by
Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle
Succeeded by
Joseph-Antoine Le Febvre de La Barre
In office 1689–1698
Monarch
Louis XIV
Deputy
Jean Bochart de Champigny
Preceded by
Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville, Marquis de Denonville
Succeeded by
Louis-Hector de Callière
Personal details
Born
22 May 1622 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Died
28 November 1698(1698-11-28) (aged 76) Chateau St-Louis, Quebec City, New France
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Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau (French pronunciation:[lwidəbɥadkɔ̃tdəfʁɔ̃tənakedəpalɥo]; 22 May 1622 – 28 November 1698) was a French soldier, courtier, and Governor General of New France in North America from 1672 to 1682, and again from 1689 to his death in 1698. He established a number of Forts on the Great Lakes and engaged in a series of battles against the English and the Iroquois.[1]
In his first term, he supported the expansion of the fur trade, establishing Fort Frontenac (in what is now Kingston, Ontario) and came into conflict with the other members of the Sovereign Council[2] over its expansion and over the corvée that were required to build the new forts. In particular, despite the opposition of Bishop François de Laval, he supported selling brandy to the aboriginal tribes, which Laval considered a mortal sin. The conflict with the Sovereign Council led to his recall in 1682.
His second term was characterised by the defence of Quebec from an English invasion during King William's War, a successful campaign against Iroquois and English settlements that resulted in the elimination of the Iroquois threat against New France and a large expansion of the fur trade using Canadian coureurs des bois. He died before his second recall to France.
^Moogk, Peter N. (15 June 2015). "Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac". The Canadian Encyclopedia (online ed.). Historica Canada. Archived from the original on 20 December 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
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