Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau

Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau (May 22, 1622 – November 28, 1698) is a French soldier, courtier, and Governor General of New France from 1672 to 1682 and from 1689 to his death in 1698.

He establishes a number of forts on the Great Lakes and engages in a series of battles against the English and the Iroquois.

In his first term, he supports the expansion of the fur trade, establishing Fort Frontenac (in what is now Kingston, Ontario) and comes 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 supports selling brandy to the First Nations, which Laval considers a mortal sin.

The conflict with the Sovereign Council leads to his recall in 1682.

His second term is characterized by the defense of Quebec from a British invasion during King William's War, a successful guerrilla campaign against the Iroquois and English settlements which results in the elimination of the Iroquois threat against New France, and a large expansion of the fur trade using Canadian coureurs des bois.

He dies before his second recall to France.

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