Charles Jacques Huault de Montmagny ( fr. Charles Jacques Huault de Montmagny , born in France around 1583 - died at Saint-Christophe in the Antilles in 1653 or 1657) - Governor General of New France from June 11, 1636 to August 19, 1648 .
| Charles Jacques Houault de Montmagny | |||||||
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 Governor and Lieutenant General in Quebec and the provinces through which the St. Lawrence River and other rivers flowing into it, and in places dependent on them in New France | |||||||
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| Monarch | Louis XIII | ||||||
| Predecessor | Marc Antoine Jacques Bra-de-Fer-de-Chateaufort | ||||||
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| Birth | c. 1583 France | ||||||
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| Religion | Catholicism | ||||||
During his reign, he contributed to the defeat of the Iroquois and in 1645 in Trois-Riviera made a lasting peace with them. He also supported the exploration and expansion of New France by the Jesuits north and west of known borders.
Upon his return to France, he was appointed by the Order of the Knights of Malta as successor to Governor Philip de Lonvilliers de Puency , who had shortly before bought Saint-Christoph Island with its dependent islands ( Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthelemy ) for 120,000 ecu from the Company of the American Isles . Commander de Puency, himself a member of the Knights of Malta, did not want to give up his post. According to the Dominican, Jean-Baptiste Dutertre , Monmagny retired to Cayon, a small village on the island, and lived there as a private person, awaiting the death of de Lonville de Puency, to take the place of governor. As a result, he died earlier than Puency.
He was the first governor of New France, named by the Indians of Canada and the Great Lakes of Onontio or "Big Mountain". It is believed that this title, which was subsequently worn by all governors until the disappearance of French Canada, is a translation of the name "Montmagny", derived from the expression Mons Magnus [1] .
The Governor of Montmagny is one of the important characters in Another World (1657) by Cyrano de Bergerac , at the beginning of the first part, entitled The Comic History of the States and Empires of the Moon . This novel, in which Cyrano showed himself in a favorable light, is considered the first science fiction novel. Monmagny, who is preparing to attack the Iroquois , conducts a philosophical conversation in him with Cyrano shortly before sending the latter to the moon aboard a rocket-like machine.
Notes
- ↑ According to Albert Doz and Charles Rosten, set out in Le dictionnaire des noms de lieux en France , Montmagny does not contain the adjective magnus . They have several reasons. A Roman place name using the adjective magnu- would appear in the form of Montmagne , Montmaigne (assuming that mont is feminine) or Montmain . In the north of France there are a number of communes called Magny , and in the south - Maniac . Quite common is the presence in the Roman toponym of a pre-existing Gallo-Roman name. Thus, Monmagny means "a mountain in a place called Magny", and Magny is a Gallo-Roman archetype on -acum , derived from the usual Latin male name Manius in ancient Rome , including the one used by the Gauls . Manius means born in the morning. Although it is also possible to associate with the word Magnus , meaning "large", but acting as a name. The name of Magny in accordance with ancient forms dates back to Maniacum "possession of Mania" or Magnacum "possession of Manius". Meanwhile, some Magny go back to the Roman toponym Menil , sometimes pronounced "mani", and in the letter used like Magny.
Literature
- Hamelin J. HUAULT DE MONTMAGNY, CHARLES // Dictionnaire biographique du Canada en ligne. - 2000.
- Roy J.-E. L'Ordre de Malte en Amérique.— Imp. A. Cote, 1888.— 68 p. ( online )
See also
- Onontio