BIENVILLE, SIEUR DE
\ba͡ɪˈɛnvɪl], \baɪˈɛnvɪl], \b_aɪ_ˈɛ_n_v_ɪ_l]\
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(1680-1765), was a member of a noted French family of colonizers. He accompanied his brother Iberville to the Mississippi region, and in 1701 assumed the direction of the colony of Louisiana. In 1713 he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the colony, and in 1718 Governor, and in the same year he founded New Orleans. He was removed in 1720, but was re-appointed in 1733, returning to France in 1743.
By John Franklin Jameson
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