Pierre Le Moyne d' Iberville
French soldier, ship captain, explorer, colonial administrator
Years: 1661 - 1706
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (born 16 July 1661, Ville-Marie, now Montreal, Canada — died, probably, on 9 July 1706, Havana, Cuba), is a soldier, ship captain, explorer, colonial administrator, knight of the order of Saint-Louis, adventurer, privateer, trader, and founder of the French colony of Louisiana of New France.
He is probably the most famous son of New France and the first great French adventurer born in North America.
He is the third son of Charles Le Moyne, a native of Dieppe in France and lord of Longueuil in Canada, and of Catherine Primot.
He is also known as Sieur d'Iberville or Sieur d'Iberville et d'Ardillières.
