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    Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval, also named "l'élu de Poix" or the Sieur de Roberval, (c. 1495 – 1560) was a French officer who was appointed viceroy...
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  • Languedoc. She was co-seigneuress of Pontpoint, with relative Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval, a nobleman privateer favoured by Francis I of France. (The...
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    Quebec (redirect from Province de Québec)
    inspiring him to order a third expedition, this time led by Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval; it was unsuccessful in its goal of finding the kingdom...
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    Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval, a Huguenot courtier and friend of the king named as the first lieutenant general of French Canada. Roberval was...
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    the coast of Quebec. She was left by her near relative Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval, a nobleman privateer, as punishment for her affair with...
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  • never set foot in New France, except for Jean-François de la Rocque de Roberval and Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons. The others served in the post from the...
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  • the Buccaneers (1650–1690) Jean Bart (English) Archived 2007-02-22 at the Wayback Machine Un dictionnaire biographique de la flibuste (1648–1688), Biographies...
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    by Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval and with the goal of finding the Kingdom of Saguenay. But, it was unsuccessful. In 1541, Jean-François Roberval...
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  • Saint-Pierre mountains. In 1541, Cartier, under the orders of Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval, established the first French colony in America. He settled...
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    stage on the Way of St. James. Jean-François de la Rocque de Roberval, Lord of Arzens (close to François I, friend of François Rabelais, head of the last...
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