Charles de Menou d'Aulnay
Charles de Menou d'Aulnay | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Acadia | |
| In office 1635–1650 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1604 Château de Charnizay, Indre-et-Loire, France |
| Died | 1650 |
| Spouse | Jeanne Motin |
| Signature | |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | French Navy |
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Charles de Menou d'Aulnay (de Charnisay) (c. 1604–1650) was a French pioneer of European settlement in North America and Governor of Acadia (1635–1650).
D'Aulnay was a member of the French nobility who was at various times a sea captain, a lieutenant in the French navy (under leadership of his cousin Isaac de Razilly), and Governor of Acadia (now primarily Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada).