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Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.
French-Canadian colonizer, governor of Louisiana, brother of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
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About Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, also known as Sieur de Bienville, was a French-Canadian colonial administrator in New France. Born in Montreal, he was an early governor of French Louisiana, appointed four separate times during 1701–1743. He was the younger brother of explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville.
Everything about Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville →- Occupation
- explorer
- Position held
- governor of French Louisiana
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- February 23, 1680
- Died
- March 7, 1767