Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661-1706) - Born 16 Jul 1661 in Ville-Marie, New France. D'Iberville was a soldier, ship captain, explorer, colonial administrator, adventurer, privateer, trader and founder of the French colony of Louisiana of New France. He died 9 Jul 1706, of Yellow Fever in Havana, Cuba. Also known as Sieur d'Iberville. Events: 1690 Second in command of the Canadian war party that destroyed Schenectady, New York. 1694 Captured Fort Nelson in Hudson Bay and renamed it Fort Bourbon. 1696 Captured Pemaquid Fort in Maine and all the English settlements on the coast of Newfoundland. 1697 Defeated the HBC ships Hudson's Bay, Hampshire, and Dering, captured and burned Fort Nelson. 1699 First Voyage to Louisiana - Located the mouth of the Mississippi and built Fort Biloxi 1700 Second Voyage to Louisiana - Sailed 40 miles up the Mississippi and built Fort de La Boulaye 1701 Third Voyage to Louisiana - Sailed up the Mobile River and built Fort Louis de la Louisiane at 27 mile Bluff. Major Forts in French Louisiana Fort Biloxi 1699 Fort de La Boulaye 1700 Fort Louis de la Louisiane 1701 Father: Charles le Moyne (1626-1685) Mother: Catherine Thierry (birth name Primot) (1640-1690) Marriage: Marie Thérèse Pollet (1672–1740) married 8 Oct. 1693 Children: Pierre-Joseph-Louis, (1694-Unk) Jean-Baptiste, (1698-Unk) at La Rochelle Marie-Thérèse, (1700-Unk) Jean-Charles, (1701-Unk) at La Rochelle François-Jean, (1705-Unk) at La Rochelle. See Also: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville Sources: Encylopedia of Alabama - Le Moyne Brothers Roots Web - The French Colonials on the Gulf Coast Wikipedia - Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville New Orleans Bar Assn - Grandfather of New Orleans DCB/DBC Mobile - Le Moyne d’Iberville