Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye

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French-Canadian explorer military officer person

Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, was an 18th-century French-Canadian military officer and explorer who led major expeditions into the interior of North America, helping to expand French influence west of the Great Lakes.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Jean-Baptiste Gaultier de La Vérendrye	1
Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye (the younger)	1
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye canonical	1
sieur de La Vérendrye	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French-Canadian ⓘ explorer ⓘ military officer ⓘ person ⓘ
activity	fur trade expansion ⓘ
birthDate	1685-11-17 ⓘ
birthPlace	Trois-Rivières, New France ⓘ
burialPlace	Notre-Dame Basilica ⓘ surface form: Notre-Dame Church, Montreal
child	François Gaultier de La Vérendrye ⓘ Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jean-Baptiste Gaultier de La Vérendrye Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye ⓘ Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye (the younger)
countryOfCitizenship	France ⓘ New France ⓘ
deathDate	1749-12-05 ⓘ
deathPlace	Ville-Marie, New France ⓘ surface form: Montreal, New France
employer	French colonial authorities in New France ⓘ surface form: French colonial administration of New France
exploredRegion	Plains of Canada ⓘ surface form: Canadian Prairies areas west of the Great Lakes ⓘ present-day Manitoba ⓘ present-day North Dakota ⓘ
father	René Gaultier de Varennes ⓘ
goal	search for a western sea (Northwest Passage) ⓘ
heritage	French colonial ⓘ
influenced	French territorial claims in North America ⓘ
knownFor	expanding French influence in the West ⓘ leading expeditions into the interior of North America ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
militaryBranch	French Army ⓘ
militaryRank	officer ⓘ
mother	Marie Boucher de Boucherville ⓘ
nobleTitle	Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: sieur de La Vérendrye
notableAchievement	advancing French claims toward the Rocky Mountains ⓘ establishing a chain of fur-trade posts west of Lake Superior ⓘ opening routes toward the northern Great Plains ⓘ
notableExpedition	journeys along the Assiniboine River ⓘ journeys along the Red River of the North ⓘ
notableWork	exploration of the Canadian Prairies ⓘ exploration west of the Great Lakes ⓘ
occupation	explorer ⓘ soldier ⓘ
regionOfActivity	New France ⓘ interior of North America ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
servedIn	War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
spouse	Marie-Anne Dandonneau du Sablé ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

New France → exploredBy → Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye ⓘ

Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye → child → Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jean-Baptiste Gaultier de La Vérendrye

Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye → child → Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye (the younger)

Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye → nobleTitle → Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: sieur de La Vérendrye