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.



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