Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville

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French colonial administrator explorer governor human

Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville was a French colonial administrator and explorer who played a key role in the early history of Louisiana and served multiple terms as governor of French Louisiana.

Aliases (1)

Sieur de Bienville ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French colonial administrator → explorer → governor → human →
alsoKnownAs	Sieur de Bienville →
birthDate	1680-02-23 →
birthPlace	Montreal → New France →
countryOfCitizenship	France →
deathDate	1767-03-07 →
deathPlace	Kingdom of France → Paris →
era	French colonial era in North America →
ethnicGroup	French →
familyName	Le Moyne →
father	Charles Le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay →
founded	New Orleans → New Orleans, Louisiana →
foundedOnDate	1718 →
fullName	Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville →
givenName	Jean-Baptiste →
governedTerritory	French Louisiana → Louisiana (New France) →
knownFor	founder of New Orleans → governor of French Louisiana →
languageSpoken	French →
memberOf	French Navy →
militaryRank	officer →
mother	Catherine Thierry →
notableEvent	leadership during early development of Louisiana colony → selection of New Orleans site on the Mississippi River →
notableWork	founding of New Orleans →
occupation	colonial administrator → explorer →
participatedIn	colonization of Louisiana → exploration of the lower Mississippi River →
positionHeld	Commandant General of Louisiana → Governor of Louisiana →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Biloxi → Mobile → New Orleans →
sibling	Chateauguay Le Moyne → Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville → Serigny Le Moyne →
termInOfficeEnd	1743 →
termInOfficeStart	1701 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ("Sieur de Bienville") →	alsoKnownAs
New Orleans →	foundedBy
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville →	fullName
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville →	sibling