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Charles de Menou d'Aulnay

c. 1604–1650 · 17th century

Charles de Menou d'Aulnay was a French governor of Acadia. A lieutenant of Isaac de Razilly, he took charge of much of the colony after Razilly's death in 1635 and fought a long civil war with his rival Charles de La Tour. In 1645 he captured La Tour's fort on the Saint John River. He drowned near Port-Royal in 1650.

Charles de Menou d'Aulnay
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