See also:COMTE DE See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
LOUIS DE BUADE FRONTENAC ET PALLUAU (1620--1698)
, See also:French-See also:Canadian statesman, See also:governor and See also:lieutenant-See also:general for the French See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king in La Nouvelle See also:France (See also:Canada), son of See also:Henri de Buade, See also:colonel in the See also:regiment of See also:Navarre, was See also:born in the See also:year 162o
.
The details of his See also:early See also:life are meagre, as no trace of the Frontenac papers has been discovered
.
The de Buades, however, were a See also:family of distinction in the principality of See also:Beam
.
See also:Antoine de Buade, seigneur de Frontenac, grandfather of the future governor of Canada, attained See also:eminence as a councillor of See also:state under Henri IV.; and his See also:children were brought up with the dauphin, afterwards See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIII
.
Louis de Buade entered the See also:army at an early See also:age
.
In the year 1635 he served under the See also:prince of See also:Orange in See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, and fought with See also:credit and received many wounds during engagements in the See also:Low Countries and in See also:Italy
.
He was promoted to the See also:rank of colonel in the regiment of See also:Normandy in 1643, and three years later, after distinguishing himself at the See also:siege of Orbitello, where he had an See also:arm broken, he was made marechal de See also:camp
.
His service seems to have been continuous until the conclusion of the See also:peace of See also:Westphalia in 1648, when he returned to his See also:father's See also:house in See also:Paris and married, without the consent of her parents, See also:Anne de la See also:Grange-Trianon, a girl of See also:great beauty, who later became the friend and confidante of Madame de See also:Montpensier
.
The See also:marriage was not a happy one, and after the See also:birth of a son incompatibility of See also:temper led to a separation, the See also:count retiring to his See also:estate on the See also:Indre, where by an extravagant course of living he became hopelessly involved in See also:debt
.
Little is known of his career for the next fifteen years beyond the fact that he held a high position at See also:court; but in the year 1669, when France sent a contingent to assist the Venetians in the See also:defence of See also:Crete against the See also:Turks, Frontenac was placed in command of the troops on the recommendation of See also:Turenne
.
In this expedition he won military See also:glory; but his See also:fortune was not improved thereby
.
At this See also:period the affairs of New France claimed the See also:attention of the French court
.
From the year 1665 the See also:colony had been successfully administered by three remarkable men—See also:Daniel de Remy de See also:Courcelle, the governor, See also:Jean Talon, the See also:intendant, and the See also:marquis de See also:Tracy, who had been appointed lieutenant-general for the French king in See also:America; but a difference of See also:opinion had arisen between the governor and the intendant, and each had demanded the other's recall in the public See also:interest
.
At this crisis in the See also:administration of New France, Frontenac was appointed to succeed de Courcelle
.
The new governor arrived in See also:Quebec on the 12th of See also:September 1672
.
From the commencement it was evident that he was prepared to give effect to a policy of colonial expansion, and to exercise an See also:independence of See also:action that did not coincide with the views of the monarch or of his See also:minister See also:Colbert
.
One of the first acts of the governor, by which he sought to establish in Canada the three estates—nobles, See also:clergy and See also:people—met with the disapproval of the French court, and See also:measures were adopted to curb his ambition by increasing the See also:power of the See also:sovereign See also:council and by reviving the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of intendant
.
Frontenac, however, was a See also:man of dominant spirit, jealous of authority, prepared to exact obedience from all and to yield to none
.
In the course of events he soon became involved in quarrels with the intendant touching questions of See also:precedence, and with the ecclesiastics, one or twoof whom ventured to criticize his proceedings
.
The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church in Canada had been administered for many years by the religious orders; for the see of Quebec, so See also:long contemplated, had not yet been erected
.
But three years after the arrival of Frontenac a former See also:vicar apostolic, See also:Francois See also:Xavier de See also:Laval de Montmorenci, returned to Quebec as See also:bishop, with a See also:jurisdiction over the whole of Canada
.
In this redoubtable churchman the governor found a vigorous opponent who was determined to render the state subordinate to the church
.
Frontenac, following in this respect in the footsteps of his predecessors, had issued trading licences which permitted the See also:sale of intoxicants
.
The bishop, supported by the intendant, endeavoured to suppress this See also:trade and sent an See also:ambassador to France to obtain remedial action
.
The views of the bishop were upheld and henceforth authority was divided
.
Troubles ensued between the governor and the sovereign council, most of the members of which sided with the one permanent power in the colony—the bishop; while the suspicions and intrigues of the intendant, Duchesneau, were a See also:constant source of vexation and strife
.
As the king and his minister had to listen to and adjudicate upon the appeals from the contending parties their See also:patience was at last worn out, and both governor and intendant were recalled to France in the year 1682
.
During Frontenac's first administration many improvements had been made in the See also:country
.
The defences had been strengthened, a fort was built at Cataraqui (now See also:Kingston), See also:Ontario, bearing the governor's name, and conditions of peace had been fairly maintained between the See also:Iroquois on the one See also:hand and the French and their See also:allies, the Ottawas and the See also:Hurons, on the other
.
The progress of events during the next few years proved that the recall of the governor had been See also:ill-timed
.
The Iroquois were assuming a threatening attitude towards the inhabitants, and Frontenac's successor, La See also:Barre, was quite incapable of leading an army against such cunning foes
.
At the end of a year La Barre was replaced by the marquis de Denonville, a man of ability and courage, who, though he showed some vigour in marching against the western Iroquois tribes, angered rather than intimidated them, and the See also:massacre of See also:Lachine (5th of See also:August 1689) must be regarded as one of the unhappy results of his administration
.
The affairs of the colony were now in a See also:critical See also:condition; a man of experience and decision was needed to See also:cope with the difficulties, and Louis XIV., who was not wanting in sagacity, wisely made choice of the choleric count to represent and uphold the power of France
.
When, therefore, on the 15th of See also:October 1689, Frontenac arrived in Quebec as governor for the second See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, he received an enthusiastic welcome, and confidence was at once restored in the public mind
.
Quebec was not long to enjoy the blessing of peace
.
On the 16th of October 1690 several New See also:England See also:ships under the command of See also:Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Phipps appeared off the See also:Island of See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans, and an officer was sent ashore to demand the surrender of the fort
.
Frontenac, bold and fearless, sent a defiant See also:answer to the hostile See also:admiral, and handled so vigorously the forces he had collected as completely to repulse the enemy, who in their hasty See also:retreat See also:left behind a few pieces of See also:artillery on the Beauport See also:shore
.
The See also:prestige of the governor was greatly increased by this event, and he was prepared to follow up his See also:advantage by an attack on See also:Boston from the See also:sea, but his resources were inadequate for the undertaking
.
New France now rejoiced in a brief See also:respite from her enemies, and during the See also:interval Frontenac encouraged the revival of the See also:drama at the See also:Chateau St-Louis and paid some attention to the social life of the colony
.
The See also:Indians, however, were not yet subdued, and for two years a See also:petty warfare was maintained
.
In 1696 Frontenac decided to take the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field against the Iroquois, although at this time he was seventy-six years of age
.
On the 6th of See also:July he left Lachine at the See also:head of a considerable force for the See also:village of the Onondagas, where he arrived a See also:month later
.
In the meantime the Iroquois had abandoned their villages, and as pursuit was impracticable the army commenced its return See also:march on the loth of August
.
The old See also:warrior endured the fatigue of the march as well as the youngest soldier, and for his courage and prowess he received the See also:cross of St
Louis
.
Frontenac died on the 28th of See also:November 1698 at the Chateau St-Louis after a brief illness, deeply mourned by the Canadian people
.
The faults of the governor were those of temperament, which had been fostered by early environment
.
His nature was turbulent, and from his youth he had been used to command; but underlying a rough exterior there was See also:evidence of a kindly See also:heart
.
He was fearless, resourceful and decisive, and triumphed as few men could have done over the difficulties and dangers of a most critical position
.
See Count Frontenac, by W
.
D
.
Le Sueur (See also:Toronto, 1906); Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV, by See also:Francis See also:Park-man (Boston, 1878) ; Le See also:Comte de Frontenac, by Henri Lorin (Paris, 1895) ; Frontenac et ses amis, by Ernest Myrand (Quebec, 1902)
.
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.
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.
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