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Jacques Leneuf de La Poterie

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He acquired and was granted several fiefs, and became one of the principal landholders and businessman in Canada, alongside his elder brother Michel. They both were two of the twelve co-founders and directors of the Communauté des Habitants, which was a fur company that attempted to succeed the
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several times: November 7, 1645 to September 2, 1648; September 9, 1649 to August 21, 1651; September 8, 1652 to July 16, 1653; and from July 1658 to 1662. He then went on to become the lieutenant and right-hand man to the
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He eventually settled his disputes with the Sovereign Council, and his son Michel would end up being one of the leading military commanders and government officials in
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Jette, Rene; Gagne, Roland-Yves; Patrick, John P.; LePortier, Paul (October 2002). "The Leneuf Family: State of Knowledge part I of III".
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voted to block the full authority of the office, ruling that only the King could name a Governor, and granted him power over the
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At the death of de Saffray on May 6, 1665, Jacques registered his commission to succeed as Governor, but the
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Dulong, John Patrick (November 9, 1990). "The Family Secrets of the Leneuf Family in France".
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only, which he oversaw until the arrival of the next royal appointment from France,
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who, on his deathbed, named Jacques to "be his lieutenant upon his demise."
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Index

Caen
Normandy
Canada
seigneur
Communauté des habitants
colony of Canada
Michel Leneuf
French nobility
New France
Pierre Legardeur de Repentigny
France
Acadia
Michel Leneuf de La Vallière et de Beaubassin
Company of One Hundred Associates
Crown
Trois-Rivières
Governor General of Canada
Augustin de Saffray
Sovereign Council
Militia
Daniel de Rémy
Acadia



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