Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand

Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand
7th Commandant of the Illinois Country
In office
1718–1725
MonarchLouis XV
Preceded byPierre-Charles de Liette
Succeeded byRobert de Saint-Ange
7th French Governor of Louisiana
In office
1724–1726
MonarchLouis XV
Preceded byJean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville
Succeeded byÉtienne Perier
Personal details
Born(1675-02-21)February 21, 1675
Ville-Marie, New France
DiedJune 7, 1736(1736-06-07) (aged 61)
France
Parent
RelativesPierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (cousin)
Military service
Allegiance Kingdom of France
Branch/serviceFrench Army
Years of service1694–1726
RankFirst King's Lieutenant
Battles/warsNine Years' War

Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ dyɡe bwabʁijɑ̃]; 21 February 1675 7 June 1736) was a French Canadian soldier, politician, and aristocrat who commanded several areas in North America colonized by New France in the early 18th Century and who served as the seventh governor of the French colony of Louisiana.