Montmorency Henri Duc De 1595-1632 In 1620 Purchased The
viceroyalty of New France from the Comte de Soissons, his
brother-in-law, and retained Champlain as his lieutenant; in 1624
conveyed his rights as viceroy to Henri de Levi, Duc de Ventadour;
served at the sieges of Montaubon and Montpellier, and in 1625 captured
the islands of Re and Oleron. Having taken part in the rebellion of
Gaston of Orleans against Louis XIII in 1632, was arrested and executed.