Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661-1706) - Born 16 Jul 1661 in Ville-Marie, New France. D'Iberville was a soldier, ship captain, explorer, colonial administrator, adventurer, privateer, trader and founder of the French colony of Louisiana of New France. He died 9 Jul 1706, of Yellow Fever in Havana, Cuba. Also known as Sieur d'Iberville.

Events:
 * 1690 Second in command of the Canadian war party that destroyed Schenectady, New York.
 * 1694 Captured Fort Nelson in Hudson Bay and renamed it Fort Bourbon.
 * 1696 Captured Pemaquid Fort in Maine and all the English settlements on the coast of Newfoundland.
 * 1697 Defeated the HBC ships Hudson's Bay, Hampshire, and Dering, captured and burned Fort Nelson.
 * 1699 First Voyage to Louisiana - Located the mouth of the Mississippi and built Fort Biloxi
 * 1700 Second Voyage to Louisiana - Sailed 40 miles up the Mississippi and built Fort de La Boulaye
 * 1701 Third Voyage to Louisiana - Sailed up the Mobile River and built Fort Louis de la Louisiane at 27 mile Bluff.

Father: Charles le Moyne (1626-1685)

Mother: Catherine Thierry (birth name Primot) (1640-1690)

Marriage: Children:
 * Marie Thérèse Pollet (1672–1740) married 8 Oct. 1693
 * Pierre-Joseph-Louis, (1694-Unk)
 * Jean-Baptiste, (1698-Unk) at La Rochelle
 * Marie-Thérèse, (1700-Unk)
 * Jean-Charles, (1701-Unk) at La Rochelle
 * François-Jean, (1705-Unk) at La Rochelle.

See Also: Sources:
 * Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
 * Encylopedia of Alabama - Le Moyne Brothers
 * Roots Web - The French Colonials on the Gulf Coast
 * Wikipedia - Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
 * New Orleans Bar Assn - Grandfather of New Orleans
 * DCB/DBC Mobile - Le Moyne d’Iberville