René Gaultier de Varennes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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New France governor
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Place of Birth: Chinon, Centre-Val de Loire, France
About René Gaultier de Varennes
- René Gaultier de Varennes (c 1635 – 4 June 1689) is best known in Canadian history as being one of the early governors of Trois-Rivières, Quebec and the father of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, a famous Canadian explorer and fur trader.
- Part of the Ancien Régime, the Gaultier family of aristocrats came from the Anjou area of France.[1] René married the daughter of Pierre Boucher, the governor of Trois-Rivières in 1667 and part of the marriage contract contained a request to the governor of New France, Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle, that he should retain the office and the privileges of his father-in-law when Boucher retired.
- Boucher did retire in 1667 and René became governor.
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