Pierre Boucher
Pierre Boucher de Boucherville | |
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Pierre Boucher | |
| Governor of Trois-Rivières | |
| In office 1653–1658 | |
| Monarch | Louis XIV |
| Preceded by | Jacques Leneuf de la Poterie |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Leneuf de la Poterie |
| In office 1662–1667 | |
| Monarch | Louis XIV |
| Preceded by | Jacques Leneuf de la Poterie |
| Succeeded by | René Gaultier de Varennes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pierre Boucher born and baptized August 1, 1622 Mortagne-au-Perche, France |
| Died | April 19, 1717 (aged 94) Boucherville, Canada |
| Occupation | settler, soldier, governor, naturalist, historian |
| Known for | L'histoire veritable et naturelle des moeurs et productions du pays de la Nouvelle-France, vulgairement dite le Canada, Governor of Trois-Rivières |
Pierre Boucher de Boucherville (born Pierre Boucher [pjɛʁ buʃe]; 1 August 1622 – 19 April 1717) was a French settler, soldier, officer, naturalist, official, governor, and ennobled aristocrat in Nouvelle-France or New France (in what is now Canada). He is a direct ancestor of Pope Leo XIV.