Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve
Source: Wikipedia: Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve
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Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve 🇫🇷

Paul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve (Known as "Founder of Montreal")
French Military Officer, Founder and First Governor of Montreal (Ville-Marie)
Born Feb 15, 1612 🇫🇷 Neuville-sur-Vanne (Champagne), France
Passed Away Sep 09, 1676 Paris, France
Lifespan 64 years old
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"I will go to Montreal to plant a colony, even if every tree on the island should turn into an enemy."

Archival Overview

Devout military officer who in 1642 led the expedition that founded Ville-Marie (Montreal), governing the vulnerable frontier colony through twenty-three perilous years of Iroquois warfare.

Biographical Record

Maisonneuve was chosen by the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal to establish a missionary settlement on the island of Montreal, hundreds of miles upriver into hostile territory. Arriving on May 17, 1642, he erected the wooden fort of Ville-Marie alongside Jeanne Mance.

Maisonneuve governed with extraordinary piety, military resolve, and personal humility, leading defensive sorties and erecting the historic cross on Mount Royal. Replaced by royal administrators in 1665, he retired quietly to Paris, celebrated forever as the Father of Montreal.

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Final Resting Place

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Saint-Étienne-du-Mont Crypt (Memorial at Place d'Armes)
Paris (Memorial in Montreal), France
GPS: 48.8464, 2.3481
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