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25-1150: (Redirected from De La Tour ) La Tour (as distinct from Latour ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour (1593–1666), French Governor of Acadia Georges de La Tour (1593–1652), French Baroque painter Frances de la Tour (born 1944), English actress House of La Tour d'Auvergne , French noble family Henri de la Tour (disambiguation) , multiple people Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1636–1721) Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne (1668–1730) Louis Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne (1679–1753), Count of Évreux, builder of Élysée Palace Théophile Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne (1743–1800), French officer under Napoleon LaTour , stage name of American artist William "Bud" LaTour Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704–1788), French Rococo portraitist See also [ edit ] Latour (disambiguation) Tour (disambiguation) Delatour (De la Tour) All pages with titles containing la Tour [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

50-457: A Roman Catholic priest who would be responsible for the colony's welfare and for missionary work to convert the native peoples . In 1611, Biencourt returned to France with a shipload of furs during which time the Crown appointed him Vice-Admiral of Acadia. Biencourt arranged financing for his colonial business ventures from two Huguenot businessmen from Dieppe but that was withdrawn when he

75-542: A commission by King Louis XIII naming him lieutenant-general and governor of Acadia. He then relocated to the mouth of the Saint John River in present-day Saint John , New Brunswick where he built a new fort called Fort Sainte-Marie (later named Fort La Tour). The setting was described by historian M.A. MacDonald: Down this river highway came fleets of canoes, bringing the richest fur harvest in all Acadia to Charles La Tour's storehouses: three thousand moose skins

100-491: A male heir to bolster his claim, set about contracting for a new wife. His sights fell on Huguenot Françoise-Marie Jacquelin and a marriage contract was signed on 31 December 1639. The contract authorized Jacquelin kept all her property and anything that she might inherit. She was also entitled to a half share of anything that she or her husband acquired during their marriage, and as a widow she would be entitled to half her husband's estate, with an inheritance fund and she would be

125-563: A proper commission authorizing him to defend the area. Reinforcements were sent in the spring of 1628, however the ships were captured by the English under the command of Sir David Kirke , and the crew, including La Tour's father, were sent as prisoners to England. With the fall of Quebec to the English in 1629, the sole French stronghold left in New France was La Tour's Fort Lomeron. After his capture, Claude de La Tour made an alliance with

150-587: A small percentage of the profit. Some historians presume La Tour retired to Cap de Sable (present-day Port La Tour , Nova Scotia), with his wife, and died there in 1666. However, more recent sources suggest he was at Port Royal. Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour was married three times. The communities of Port La Tour , Nova Scotia and Upper Port La Tour , Nova Scotia are named after Charles La Tour. Charles de Biencourt de Saint-Just Baron Charles de Biencourt de Saint-Just (1591 or 1592, Champagne, France – 1623 or 1624, Port-Royal of what

175-689: A strong post called Fort Lomeron in honor of David Lomeron who was his agent in France. Soon after, La Tour married a woman from the Mi'kmaq tribe and started a family. With the onset of the Anglo-French War of 1627–29 , Charles de La Tour knew he had to strengthen defenses if Acadia were to remain French. He wrote letters to King Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu , that were presented by his father Claude, requesting supplies and reinforcements, as well as

200-600: A year, uncounted beaver and otter. On this tongue of land his habitation stood, yellow-roofed, log-palisaded, its cannon commanding the river and bay. The following year with the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye , all the lands that had been seized by the British were returned to France including Acadia. In addition, Cardinal Richelieu sent his cousin, Isaac de Razilly , as the new lieutenant-general of all New France and governor of Acadia, conflicting with La Tour's commission from

225-714: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Charles de Saint-%C3%89tienne de la Tour Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour was born in France in 1593 to Huguenot Claude de Saint-Étienne de la Tour and his wife Marie Amador de Salazar, a descendant of Georges de La Trémoille , the Grand Chamberlain of France to King Charles VII of France . In 1610, at the age of 17, Charles arrived at Port-Royal in Acadia with his father in an expedition led by Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt who had been one of

250-525: The Hurons against the Iroquois. In 1650, d'Aulnay died when his canoe capsized. La Tour promptly returned to France to plead his case and was successfully rehabilitated in the royal favor, as well as having his property and his commission as governor being restored. He returned to Acadia in 1653, along with several new colonist families including his friend Philippe Mius d'Entremont , to whom he awarded one of

275-421: The surname La Tour . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La_Tour_(surname)&oldid=1231479242 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

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300-478: The Battle of Saint John, La Tour's wife defended the fort for three days. On the fourth day despite losing 33 men, d'Aulnay was able to breach the fort, and La Tour's men were sent to the gallows, forcing Françoise-Marie to watch with a rope around her own neck. Three weeks later she died at age 23 while a prisoner as documented by Nicolas Denys ' letters and journals of the drama. Upon learning of his wife's death, and

325-643: The British dominions. La Tour was taken prisoner to England, and it was not until 1656 that he was granted an audience with Oliver Cromwell to request the return of his property. Recognized as a baronet of Nova Scotia, as his father's heir, Cromwell granted his request on the condition that he accept English allegiance and pay both the amount he owed Boston merchants and the cost of the English garrison maintained at Saint John. In an effort to raise funds to cover these funds, he took on William Crowne and Colonel William Temple as joint proprietors of Acadia. Soon afterwards he sold his rights to his two partners, retaining only

350-401: The English and promised to win over his son, in exchange for being made a baronet of Nova Scotia and a large grant of land. When Charles was pressed by his father to surrender the fort he refused, stating that "he would rather die than betray his King." Upon La Tour's refusal, Claude de La Tour led English troops in an unsuccessful attack on Fort Lomeron. In 1631, La Tour was formally granted

375-570: The authority of Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons until 1607 when he was notified that the King had rescinded de Mons' monopoly and that the Crown's contribution to the costs to maintain Port-Royal would not be continued. Following the murder of King Henry IV and the ascension to the French throne by Louis XIII , under Marie de' Medici's regency, Biencourt and his father were authorized to return to Acadia. Their mandate required them to take along

400-554: The few fiefs to constitute territory in North America. In an effort to bring an end to the rivalry between the La Tour and d'Aulnay faction, Charles de La Tour married a third time to Jeanne Motin , the widow of his former enemy in 24 February 1653. In 1654, an English expedition under the command of Major General Robert Sedgwick captured the forts of Saint John , Port Royal, and the settlement of Penobscot adding Acadia to

425-688: The guardian of any children. Upon arriving in Port-Royal in June 1640, the couple married and moved to Fort Sainte-Marie. In July 1640, Charles de La Tour and Charles de Menou d'Aulnay began a series of violent and costly confrontations that would last for the next five years. Hostilities continued to escalate and by 1642 d'Aulnay managed to get La Tour charged with treason and disrespect to the French Crown. Knowing he would be imprisoned if he were to return to France, La Tour sent his wife, Françoise-Marie, to advocate on his behalf which she did skillfully. She

450-464: The local Mi'kmaq people , including their chief Membertou . In 1613, the habitation at Port-Royal was attacked by Virginia colonists led by Captain Samuel Argall . Several settlers were killed, others taken prisoner and the fort and goods were destroyed. Poutrincourt who had wintered in France to gather supplies returned to Port Royal the next spring. He was forced to return to France with

475-642: The loss of all his possessions, La Tour sought refuge at the Chateau Saint-Louis in Quebec City where he was welcomed by Governor Charles Jacques Huault de Montmagny , and d'Aulnay became the sole governor of Acadia. During the next four years while in exile in Quebec, Charles de La Tour continued in the fur trade, assisted the Jesuits in their missionary efforts, and occasionally fought with

500-411: The original settlers in 1604 at Saint Croix Island , Maine before they moved in 1605 to their permanent settlement at Port-Royal. The habitation had been previously abandoned in 1607 by Biencourt de Poutrincourt and others due to financial troubles. The 1610 expedition also included Poutrincourt's 19-year-old son Charles de Biencourt de Saint-Just and a Catholic priest who set about the task of baptizing

525-629: The prior year. La Tour and Razilly agreed to divide control of Acadia, the latter controlling La Hève , Port-Royal, and the Saint Croix area, while La Tour was given authority over Cap de Sable and the Saint John River, headquartered at Fort Sainte-Marie. Razilly unexpectedly died in 1635, and the amicable relationship the two leaders shared did not extend to his successor, Charles de Menou d'Aulnay . By 1639, Charles de La Tour's wife had died leaving three daughters, and realizing he needed

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550-453: The surviving settlers, and left his interest in the colony to his son. The young Biencourt and Charles de la Tour remained, living amongst the Mi'kmaq and engaging in the fur industry. Charles de Biencourt died in 1623 and left La Tour as his heir, though this was not recognized by the French crown. La Tour took charge of the colony and migrated from Port-Royal to establish himself at Cap de Sable (present-day Port La Tour , Nova Scotia), building

575-715: Was allowed to return to Acadia with a warship to help her husband defend himself. In the Spring of 1643, La Tour led a party of English mercenaries against the Acadian colony at Port-Royal. His 270 Puritan and Huguenot troops killed three, burned a mill, slaughtered cattle and seized 18,000 livres of furs. In 1645, while La Tour was in Boston seeking reinforcements and drumming up more support for his cause, d'Aulnay retaliated by seizing all of La Tour's possessions and outposts, especially Fort La Tour at Saint John and Cap de Sable. In

600-536: Was compelled by the King to take two Jesuit priests with him to Acadia to expand the Roman Catholic missionary work among the natives. New financing was arranged with the Jesuit Society becoming the partners of Jean de Poutrincourt and Thomas Robin de Coulogne, sharing in the profits from their colonial trading activities. Biencourt proved highly successful in his fur-trading ventures until 1618 when

625-576: Was then Acadia , New France ). was a member of the French nobility and a military officer . He is best known as the successor to his father, Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt et de Saint-Just as commander of the settlement at Port-Royal and the King's Governor of Acadia from his father's death in 1615 until his own death. Because of his father's frequent trips to France , he had been previously acting in that capacity. Poutrincourt oversaw Acadia under

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