Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac

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colonial administrator explorer human

Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac was a French explorer and colonial administrator best known for establishing the settlement that became the city of Detroit in New France.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac 1
de la Mothe Cadillac 1
sieur de Cadillac 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administrator ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance France ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac ⓘ
surface form: Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac
associatedWith Detroit ⓘ
Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
surface form: Louisiana (New France)
birthDate 1658-03-05 ⓘ
birthPlace France ⓘ
Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave ⓘ
Tarn-et-Garonne ⓘ
burialPlace Castelsarrasin ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
deathDate 1730-10-15 ⓘ
deathPlace Castelsarrasin ⓘ
France ⓘ
Tarn-et-Garonne ⓘ
employer Kingdom of France ⓘ
endTimeAsGovernorOfLouisiana 1717 ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
exploredRegion Great Lakes region ⓘ
New France ⓘ
familyName Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: de la Mothe Cadillac
founded Detroit ⓘ
Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit ⓘ
foundingDateOfDetroit 1701-07-24 ⓘ
givenName Antoine ⓘ
honouredBy Cadillac ⓘ
surface form: Cadillac (automobile brand)
inspiredNameOf Cadillac ⓘ
surface form: Cadillac (automobile brand)

Cadillac, Michigan ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
militaryRank captain ⓘ
nobleTitle Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: sieur de Cadillac
notableFor founding Detroit ⓘ
numberOfChildren 13 ⓘ
occupation colonial governor ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
partOf French colonial empire ⓘ
surface form: French colonization of the Americas
positionHeld commandant of Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit ⓘ
governor of Louisiana ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
serviceEntry French colonial service in North America ⓘ
spouse Marie-Thérèse Guyon ⓘ
Marie-Thérèse Guyon ⓘ
surface form: Marie-Thérèse Guyon des Granges
startTimeAsGovernorOfLouisiana 1713 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac → alsoKnownAs → Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac
Marie-Thérèse Guyon → associatedWith → Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac ⓘ
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac → familyName → Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: de la Mothe Cadillac
Detroit → foundedBy → Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac ⓘ
Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit → foundedBy → Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac ⓘ
The D → founder → Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac ⓘ
subject surface form: Detroit
Cadillac → namedAfter → Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac ⓘ
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac → nobleTitle → Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: sieur de Cadillac
Marie-Thérèse Guyon → partner → Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac ⓘ
Marie-Thérèse Guyon → spouse → Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac ⓘ