Pierre Laclède

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Pierre Laclède was an 18th-century French fur trader and colonial entrepreneur best known for establishing the settlement that became St. Louis, Missouri.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf French fur trader
colonial entrepreneur
person
activity established trading relationships with Indigenous peoples of the Mississippi Valley
organized fur trade with Native American tribes
associatedWith Chouteau family
French colonial merchants in Louisiana
birthDate 1729-11-22
birthPlace Bedous, Béarn, France
businessPartner Gilbert Antoine de Maxent
commemoratedBy Laclede County, Missouri
Laclede's Landing, St. Louis
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 1778-06-20
deathPlace en route from New Orleans toward St. Louis
near the Mississippi River, Arkansas Territory
employer Maxent, Laclède and Company
era 18th century
founded St. Louis, Missouri, United States
surface form: "St. Louis, Missouri"
founder Pierre Laclède
historicalSignificance key figure in early European settlement of the central Mississippi Valley
knownFor establishing a French trading post on the west bank of the Mississippi River
founding the settlement that became St. Louis, Missouri
language French
legacy considered a founder of St. Louis
name Pierre Laclède
Pierre Laclède
surface form: "Pierre Laclède Liguest"
nationality French
notableEvent led expedition from New Orleans to establish a trading post on the Mississippi
selected site for St. Louis in 1763–1764
occupation colonial entrepreneur
fur trader
merchant
partner Auguste Chouteau
politicalContext New France
surface form: "French colonial Louisiana"

transition of Louisiana from French to Spanish control
regionOfActivity New France
surface form: "French Louisiana"

Spanish Louisiana
religion Roman Catholicism
residence New Orleans
surface form: "New Orleans, Louisiana"

St. Louis, Missouri, United States
surface form: "St. Louis, Missouri"
settlementFoundedDate 1764
stepfather Pierre Laclède
tradingRegion Mississippi River valley
Mississippi River valley
surface form: "Upper Louisiana"

Referenced by (5)

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

Pierre Laclède founder Pierre Laclède
subject surface form: "St. Louis, Missouri"
Pierre Laclède name Pierre Laclède
Pierre Laclède name Pierre Laclède
this entity surface form: "Pierre Laclède Liguest"
Pierre Laclède stepfather Pierre Laclède
subject surface form: "Auguste Chouteau"