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    Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy (c. 1603 – 1670) was a French military leader, statesman, and the seigneur of Tracy-le-Val and Tracy-le-Mont in Picardy...
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    the Americas, Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy; the Governor General, Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle; and their colonel, Henri de Chastelard de Salières. The...
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  • birth but adopted the name Alexandre after converting to Roman Catholicism in 1665. He served under Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy during the capture of Cayenne...
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    Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy was appointed Lieutenant Général of the Americas and was tasked with this mission. La Barre formed the Compagnie de la...
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    his administration, however, Courcelle was subordinate to Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy who had been appointed Lieutenant Général of the Americas by...
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    establishment of a royal court at Montreal. In September 1665, Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy, the Lieutenant Général of the Americas, ordered Maisonneuve...
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    the cold and deep snow. The second invasion force was led by Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy whom Louis XIV had appointed as Lieutenant Général of the Americas...
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    Fort Sainte Thérèse and Fort Saint-Jean. Lieutenant Général Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy, who had been sent to New France to end the threat of the Iroquois...
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    17th-century Jesuit missionaries referred to it as Lac Tracy (for Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy). After taking control of the region from the French in...
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    surrenders without a fight to French commander Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy and 1,200 employees of the Compagnie de la France équinoxiale, giving France control...
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