Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois
French Naval officer
Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois
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1671-10-12
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12 October 1671
Orléans
, France
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Died |
12 July 1749
(1749-07-12)
(aged
77)
Paris, France
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Occupation(s) | Career in the Marines, Governor General of New France |
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Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois ( c. 12 October 1671 – 12 July 1749) was a French Naval officer who served as Governor of New France from 1726 to 1746.
Biography
Son of François IV de Beauharnais , Charles had two brothers who also impacted the history of New France . Claude de Beauharnois was a French Naval officer who spent time commanding ships that maintained supply lines to the colony and François de Beauharnois was intendant of New France for a time.
The governor worked well with frontier traders, explorers, and missionaries. His term saw a great expansion in the number of western forts with the leadership of people like La Vérendrye , and the linkage of Canadian and Louisiana colonies. Exploration was pushed west to the Rocky Mountains by La Vérendrye and his sons.
Despite a generally peaceful and prosperous administration, he was blamed for the fall of Fortress Louisbourg in 1745, and was recalled in 1746, returning to France to following year. [1]
Beauharnais was one of three governors-general of Canada known to have owned enslaved people . During his tenure, he owed 27 people, among them two Africans and a number of Meskwaki and Inuit . [2]
Legacy
Many places carry his name including the town of Beauharnois, Quebec and Fort Beauharnois , Minnesota .
References
- ↑ Winsor, Justin, ed. (1887). Narrative and Critical History of America: The English and French in North America, 1689–1763 . Vol. 5, Part 2. Houghton Mifflin Company . pp. 7–8 . Retrieved 4 November 2021 .
- ↑ Trudel, Marcel (1960). L'esclavage au Canada français: Histoire et conditions de l'esclavage [ Slavery in French Canada: History and Conditions of Slavery ] (in Canadian French). Quebec City, Québec, Canada: Les Presses Universites Laval. p. 137.
External links
- Standen, S. Dale (1974). "Beauharnois de la Boische, Charles de, Marquis de Beauharnois" . In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography . Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
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Governor General of New France
1726 – 1746 |
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