Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve

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French military officer colonial governor founder of city human

Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve was a 17th-century French military officer and colonial leader best known as the founder and first governor of Montreal in New France.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French military officer → colonial governor → founder of city → human →
activeIn	Montreal → New France → Ville-Marie →
birthDate	1612-02-15 →
birthPlace	Champagne → Kingdom of France → Neuville-sur-Vannes →
burialPlace	Paris →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of France →
deathDate	1676-09-09 →
deathPlace	Kingdom of France → Paris →
employer	Société Notre-Dame de Montréal →
era	17th century →
ethnicGroup	French →
familyName	de Chomedey →
founded	Montreal → Ville-Marie →
gender	male →
givenName	Paul →
hasMonument	statue of Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve in Montreal →
honouredIn	Maisonneuve Monument in Place d'Armes, Montreal →
knownFor	first governor of Montreal → founding Montreal →
languageSpoken	French →
memberOf	Société Notre-Dame de Montréal →
militaryBranch	French army →
militaryRank	officer →
namesakeOf	Maisonneuve Park → Maisonneuve neighbourhood in Montreal → various streets and institutions in Quebec →
nobleTitle	Sieur de Maisonneuve →
notableWork	establishment of a Catholic missionary settlement at Ville-Marie →
occupation	colonial administrator → explorer → soldier →
partOf	French colonial expansion in North America →
positionHeld	governor of Montreal → governor of Ville-Marie →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
significantEvent	arrival at site of Montreal in 1642 → founding of Ville-Marie in 1642 →
startTime	1642-05-17 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Maisonneuve Monument →	commemorates
Société Notre-Dame de Montréal ("Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve") →	employed
Montreal →	foundedBy
Société Notre-Dame de Montréal ("Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve") →	hasMember
Maisonneuve Park ("Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve") →	namedAfter
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve ("Sieur de Maisonneuve") →	nobleTitle