Michel-Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriand explained

Honorific Prefix:Seigneur
Michel-Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriand
Birth Date:April 1638
Birth Place:Puceul, Kingdom of France
Death Date:December 18, 1688
Death Place:Montreal, New France
Children:Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand
Office:11th Governor of Montreal
Term Start:Spring 1670
Term End:August 1670
Allegiance:Kingdom of France
Branch:French Royal Army
Serviceyears: 1665-1668
Rank:Captain
Successor:François-Marie Perrot

Michel-Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriand (c. 1638 – December 1688) was a soldier and seigneur in New France who briefly served as interim governor of Montreal in 1670. His son Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand was a French colonial Governor of Louisiana.

Biography

The son of Pierre Dugué de La Boulardière and of Perrine de Chambellé, he was born and baptized in Puceul, near Nantes, in the Kingdom of France in 1638.[1]

He started his military career in the Montagu regiment as a lieutenant. Later, he became a captain in the Chambellé regiment under his uncle's command. His company was incorporated into the Carignan-Salières Regiment by Louis XIV and sent to Quebec City in New France where they arrived in September 1665. Dugué served as Governor of Montreal from spring until August 1670, when François-Marie Perrot arrived. In 1672, he was granted the seigneury of Senneville, which he sold in 1679. Later in 1672, he gained the title to Île Sainte-Thérèse and, in 1683, acquired the seigneury of Mille-Îles. He took part in expeditions for Governors Frontenac in 1673 and Brisay de Denonville in 1684 and 1687; he also participated in the fur trade.

Dugué died in Montreal, New France in 1688.

Family

On 7 November 1667, he married Marie Moyen. His son Pierre was a founding father of colonial Louisiana and served as acting governor of Louisiana.[2] His daughter married .[3]

Legacy

The city of Boisbriand, a suburb of Montreal, was named after him.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Dugué de Boisbriand, Michel-Sidrac . 1 . Reid . W. Stanford.
  2. Book: Cowan, Walter Greaves . Louisiana Governors: Rulers, Rascals, and Reformers . 24 . 2008 . McGuire, Jack B . 1604733209 . University Press of Mississippi.
  3. Piot de Langloiserie, Charles-Gaspard . 2 . Voisine . Nive.
  4. Encyclopedia: Boisbriand . Pierre Louis . LaPointe . July 17, 2015 . 2009 . . . online .