Antoine Lefèbvre de La Barre
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Joseph-Antoine le Fèbvre, sieur de La Barre was a French lawyer and administrator best known for his disastrous three years as governor of the colony of New France.
Joseph Antoine Le Febvre de La Barre
Battle of Martinique (1667)
Colbert de Seignelay, Minister of Marine
René-Robert de La Salle
Jacques-René de Brisay, Marquis de Denonville was the Governor General of New France from 1685 to 1689 and was an important figure during the intermittent conflict between New France and the Iroquois
Antoine Lefèbvre de La Barre
…March 1685 Louis XIV wrote a letter to Muelles that said La Barre was to be recalled after the shameful peace he had just concluded, replaced by the Marquis de Denonville. La Barre left the colony in August 1685 and retired to France, where he lived on his large fortune without holding any further office. He died in Paris…
Jacques Rene de Brisay, Marquis de Denonville
Obverse of the Denonville medal
Reverse of the Denonville medal