Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur
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Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur (1596 – May 1, 1688) was an officer in the Carignan-Salières Regiment
and the first seigneur of Contrecœur. His son, François-Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur
, inherited the seigneury from his father.
Antoine Pécaudy came to New France
in 1665 and was still an active military man attaining the rank of captain. He led numerous campaigns and was wounded several times. He stayed in Canada at the time the regiment disbanded. A number of the officers who stayed were granted generous lands. His seigneury gave its name to present day Contrecoeur, Quebec
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Carignan-Salières Regiment
The Carignan-Salières Regiment was a Piedmont French military unit formed by merging the Carignan Regiment and the Salières Regiment in 1659. The regiment began their existence in combat against the Ottoman Empire before being reorganized to consist of twenty-four companies before being sent to...
and the first seigneur of Contrecœur. His son, François-Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur
François-Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur
François-Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur was a military man by career and had inherited the seigneury of Contrecœur from his father, Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur....
, inherited the seigneury from his father.
Antoine Pécaudy came to New France
New France
New France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
in 1665 and was still an active military man attaining the rank of captain. He led numerous campaigns and was wounded several times. He stayed in Canada at the time the regiment disbanded. A number of the officers who stayed were granted generous lands. His seigneury gave its name to present day Contrecoeur, Quebec
Contrecoeur, Quebec
Contrecœur is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 5,678...
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