Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis de Buade de Frontenac

Governor of New France

Date of Birth: 22-May-1622

Place of Birth: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 28-Nov-1698

Profession: military personnel, colonial administrator

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau (French pronunciation: ?[lwi d? b?ad k?~t d? f??~t?nak e d? pal?o]; 22 May 1622 – 28 November 1698) was a French soldier, courtier, and Governor General of New France from 1672 to 1682 and from 1689 to his death in 1698.
He established a number of forts on the Great Lakes and engaged in a series of battles against the English and the Iroquois.In his first term, he supported the expansion of the fur trade, establishing Fort Frontenac (in what is now Kingston, Ontario) and came into conflict with the other members of the Sovereign Council over its expansion and over the corvées required to build the new forts.
In particular, despite the opposition of bishop François de Laval, he supported selling brandy to the aboriginal tribes, which Laval considered a mortal sin.
The conflict with the Sovereign Council led to his recall in 1682. His second term was characterised by the defence of Quebec from a British invasion during King William's War, a successful guerrilla campaign against the Iroquois and English settlements which resulted in the elimination of the Iroquois threat against New France, and a large expansion of the fur trade using Canadian coureurs des bois.
He died before his second recall to France.