List of viceroys of New France explained

This article presents a list of the viceroys of New France in chronological table form.

Jean-François Roberval was appointed in 1540 by Francis I his lieutenant and governor for his lands in Canada. A number of authors cited in his bibliography named him first viceroy of Canada.

NamePictureStart[1] EndSovereign
1605 1612 Henri IV
8 October 1612 1 November 1612 Louis XIII[2]
20 November 1612 10 February 1620
Marshal Pons de Lauzières-Thémines (alternate) 1 September 1616 20 October 1619
10 February 1620 1624
March 1625 June 1627
20 April 1632 2 July 1636
November 1644 1660 Louis XIV
30 August 1660 5 October 1661
1662 26 February 1686
1 August 1687 19 May 1707
19 May 1707 1 September 1715
Victor Marie, Count of Estrées1 September 171527 December 1737Louis XV
Louis Charles César Le Tellier, Duke of Estrées27 December 173710 February 1763

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Notes and References

  1. Les dates de début et de fin de mandat sont tirées de : Web site: Guide parlementaire historique de la Province de Québec. 1792 à 1902. Desjardins. Joseph. Québec. 3 (of 434). fr. 1902. Québec .
  2. regency of Marie de' Medici from 1610 to 1617