François-Marie Perrot
Appearance
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François-Marie Perrot | |
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Born | 1644 Governor of Acadia (1684–87) |
Spouse | Madeleine Laguide Meynier |
Children | 6 |
François-Marie Perrot (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi pɛʁo]; 1644–1691) was born in Paris and Seigneur de Sainte-Geneviève.
Biography
He was appointed
governor of Montreal by a royal commission in 1670 and arrived in New France
that year. Records do show his tenure as 1669–84.
In 1669 he married Madeleine Laguide Meynier, a niece of
Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve
.
On October 29, 1672, he was granted the island that now bears his name (Île Perrot to the west of Montreal Island) as a seignory.[1]
Perrot was the
Louis-Alexandre des Friches de Meneval
.
References
- ^ "Île Perrot". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
Eccles, W. J. (1979) [1966]. "Perrot, François-Marie". In Brown, George Williams (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. I (1000–1700) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
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