Governor General of New France

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The Governor General of New France was the French Crown’s highest colonial official in North America, responsible for overseeing military, diplomatic, and administrative affairs in the colony.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Governor General of New France canonical 13
Governor of New France 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial office ⓘ
government position ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction New France ⓘ
appointedBy French Crown ⓘ
King of France ⓘ
coexistsWithOffice Intendant of New France ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
domain diplomatic affairs ⓘ
high-level administration ⓘ
military affairs ⓘ
endCause Treaty of Paris (1763) ⓘ
exercisedAuthorityOver Acadia ⓘ
Canada (colony) ⓘ
linked to: Colony of Canada

Louisiana (French colony) ⓘ
Pays d’en Haut ⓘ
linked to: Pays d'en Haut
hasDuty coordination of colonial expansion ⓘ
defense of the colony ⓘ
diplomatic relations with Indigenous nations ⓘ
diplomatic relations with other European colonies in North America ⓘ
implementation of royal policy in New France ⓘ
maintenance of public order ⓘ
military command of New France ⓘ
oversight of fur trade policy ⓘ
hierarchicalSuperior King of France ⓘ
historicalPeriod Ancien Régime ⓘ
historicalRegion North America ⓘ
languageOfWork French ⓘ
officeAbolished 1763 ⓘ
officeCreated 17th century ⓘ
officeHolderTitle Governor General ⓘ
linked to: Governor-General

Governor and Lieutenant General for the King in New France ⓘ
partOf French colonial empire ⓘ
colonial administration of New France ⓘ
positionHeldBy Charles de Montmagny ⓘ
Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville ⓘ
Jean Talon ⓘ
Louis de Buade de Frontenac ⓘ
Louis-Hector de Callière ⓘ
Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil ⓘ
Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial ⓘ
Samuel de Champlain ⓘ
replacedBy British Governor of the Province of Quebec ⓘ
residence Château Saint-Louis ⓘ
linked to: Citadelle of Quebec

Quebec City ⓘ
seat Quebec City ⓘ
sharesPowerWith Intendant of New France ⓘ
subordinateTo Ministry of the Marine of France ⓘ
typeOfPowerExercised executive power in the colony ⓘ
military command authority ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New France → administrativeHead → Governor General of New France ⓘ
French colonial authorities in New France → hasPart → Governor General of New France ⓘ
Marquis de Duquesne → positionHeld → Governor General of New France ⓘ
Governor General of the Province of Quebec → follows → Governor of New France ⓘ
linked to: Governor General of New France
Battle of Quebec (1690) → frenchCommanderTitle → Governor General of New France ⓘ
Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial → positionHeld → Governor General of New France ⓘ
Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville → positionHeld → Governor General of New France ⓘ
subject linked to: Duquesne
Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois → positionHeld → Governor General of New France ⓘ
Frontenac → positionHeld → Governor General of New France ⓘ
Trois-Rivières, New France → colonialAdministration → Governor General of New France ⓘ
Marquis du Quesne → positionHeld → Governor General of New France ⓘ
Louis de Buade de Frontenac → positionHeld → Governor General of New France ⓘ
subject linked to: de Buade family
Louis-Hector de Callière → positionHeld → Governor General of New France ⓘ
Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville → positionHeld → Governor General of New France ⓘ