Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval, also named "l'élu de Poix" or the Sieur de Roberval, (c. 1495 – 1560) was a French officer who was appointed viceroy...
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Languedoc. She was co-seigneuress of Pontpoint, with relative Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval, a nobleman privateer favoured by Francis I of France. (The...
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inspiring him to order a third expedition, this time led by Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval; it was unsuccessful in its goal of finding the kingdom...
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Castaway (section Marguerite de La Rocque)
the coast of Quebec. She was left by her near relative Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval, a nobleman privateer, as punishment for her affair with...
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Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval, a Huguenot courtier and friend of the king named as the first lieutenant general of French Canada. Roberval was...
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never set foot in New France, except for Jean-François de la Rocque de Roberval and Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons. The others served in the post from the...
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the Buccaneers (1650–1690) Jean Bart (English) Archived 2007-02-22 at the Wayback Machine Un dictionnaire biographique de la flibuste (1648–1688), Biographies...
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stage on the Way of St. James. Jean-François de la Rocque de Roberval, Lord of Arzens (close to François I, friend of François Rabelais, head of the last...
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by Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval and with the goal of finding the Kingdom of Saguenay. But, it was unsuccessful. In 1541, Jean-François Roberval...
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Saint-Pierre mountains. In 1541, Cartier, under the orders of Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval, established the first French colony in America. He settled...
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16th century French noblewoman Marguerite de La Rocque was marooned by her relative Jean-François Roberval as punishment for an affair. "Marguerite's...
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La Rocque de Roberval, Jean-Francois De," Dictionary of Canadian Biography, [9], accessed 21 Aug 2019 Loewen and Chapdelaine, p. 59 "Biography – LA ROCQUE...
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from the modern era. It was built in 1544 under Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval, charged by François I with completing the city's defenses. In 1619...
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2011. Retrieved 18 September 2015. La Roque de Roquebrune, R. (1979) [1966]. "La Rocque de Roberval, Jean-François de". In Brown, George Williams (ed.)...
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List of Huguenots (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
James DeLancey, Governor of New York. Jean-François de la Roque de Roberval (1495–1560), first lieutenant governor of French Canada. Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne...
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immigration from Northwest France (Brittany, Normandy, Île-de-France, Poitou-Charentes and Pays de la Loire) the population of New France increased to 55,000...
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Gilbert La Rocque 1943 1984 novelist, biographer Les masques Hubert LaRue 1833 1881 writer, physician, scientist Voyage Sentimental Sur La Rue Saint-Jean Stéphane...
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