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unusual facts about Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière



Eustache Chartier de Lotbinière

In 1723, his wife died on giving birth to their eighth child, the future Marquis de Lotbinière.

Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière

On his return to Canada in 1760, Lotbinière immediately set about developing his seigneury at Vaudreuil.

In the run up to the Battle of Quebec his cousin, Vaudreuil, employed him to build defences about the city, and during the battle he served as his aide-de-camp.

Michel-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière, 1st Marquis de Lotbinière (1723–1798), Seigneur of Vaudreuil, Lotbinière and Rigaud, Quebec etc.

As some form of compensation his cousin, Governor-General Vaudreuil, gave him the seigneury of Alainville.

Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière

Born in the Quebec City in 1748, he was the son of Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, 1st Marquis de Lotbinière, and his wife Louise-Madeleine (1726-1809), daughter of Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry (1682-1756), Engineer-in-Chief of New France.


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