Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville

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colonial administrator explorer human naval officer privateer soldier

Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville was a French-Canadian explorer, naval officer, and soldier renowned for his campaigns against the English in North America and for helping to establish French Louisiana.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville	1
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville et d’Ardillières	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial administrator ⓘ explorer ⓘ human ⓘ naval officer ⓘ privateer ⓘ soldier ⓘ
allegiance	Kingdom of France ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville ⓘ surface form: Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville et d’Ardillières
associatedWith	New France ⓘ surface form: French Louisiana Gulf Coast regions ⓘ surface form: Gulf Coast of North America Hudson Bay region ⓘ New France ⓘ
birthDate	1661-07-20 ⓘ
birthPlace	Montreal ⓘ surface form: Montreal, Quebec Mont-Royal ⓘ surface form: Ville-Marie, New France
countryOfCitizenship	France ⓘ
deathDate	1706-07-09 ⓘ
deathPlace	Havana, Cuba ⓘ
employer	French Crown ⓘ
era	17th century ⓘ early 18th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	French Canadian ⓘ
familyName	Le Moyne ⓘ
father	Charles Le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay ⓘ
givenName	Pierre ⓘ
languageSpoken	French ⓘ
militaryBranch	French Navy ⓘ
militaryRank	captain ⓘ
mother	Catherine Thierry ⓘ
name	Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement	captured several English forts in Hudson Bay region ⓘ conducted successful campaigns against English colonies in Hudson Bay ⓘ distinguished himself in King William’s War ⓘ distinguished himself in Queen Anne’s War ⓘ founded Fort Maurepas on the Gulf Coast ⓘ founded early French settlements near present-day Biloxi, Mississippi ⓘ helped establish the colony of Louisiana for France ⓘ led French expeditions to the lower Mississippi River ⓘ led the 1696–1697 Newfoundland campaign ⓘ raided and destroyed English settlements including St. John’s, Newfoundland ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Fort Nelson ⓘ Battle of Hudson Bay (1697) ⓘ attacks on English Newfoundland settlements ⓘ
notableFor	campaigns against the English in North America ⓘ helping to secure French control of the lower Mississippi Valley ⓘ role in French colonial expansion in North America ⓘ
notableWork	founding of French Louisiana ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sibling	Charles Le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay ⓘ surface form: Charles Le Moyne de Longueuil Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ⓘ

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

Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville → alsoKnownAs → Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville et d’Ardillières

Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville → name → Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville self-link ⓘ

Mont D’Iberville → namedAfter → Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville ⓘ

Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville → sibling → Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville