Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville

Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (1680-1767) - Born 23 Feb 1680 in Montreal, Quebec. Explorer, colonizer, and four times Governor of French Louisiana. Responsible, with his older brother Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, for initial settlements at Biloxi, New Orleans and Mobile, sometimes known as the “Father of Louisiana.”

Bienville died on 7 Mar 1767, in Paris France, at the age of 87. Also known as Sieur de Bienville.

Father: Charles le Moyne (1626-1685)

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

Marriage:
 * Not known to have married.

Children:
 * No known children.

Offices:
 * 1701-1713 Governor of French Louisiana
 * 1717-1718 Governor of French Louisiana
 * 1718-1724 Governor of French Louisiana
 * 1733-1743 Governor of French Louisiana

See Also:
 * Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

Sources:
 * Wikipedia - Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
 * Encylopedia of Alabama - Le Moyne Brothers
 * LOC - Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
 * Roots Web - The French Colonials on the Gulf Coast
 * Canadian Biography - Le Moyne de Bienville, Jean-Baptiste
 * New Orleans Bar Assn - Grandfather of New Orleans