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Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac

French explorer in North America (1658–1730)

Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac (, French:[kadijak]; March 5, 1658 – October 16, 1730), born Antoine Laumet, was a French explorer and adventurer in New France, which stretched from Eastern Canada to Louisiana on the Gulf of Mexico. He rose from a modest beginning in Acadia in 1683 as an explorer, trapper, and a trader of alcohol and furs, achieving various positions of political importance in the colony. He was the commander of Fort de Buade in St. Ignace, Michigan, in 1694. In 1701, he founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit (which became the city of Detroit); he was commandant of the fort until 1710. Between 1710 and 1716, he was the governor of Louisiana, although he did not arrive in that territory until 1713.[1]

His knowledge of the coasts of New England and the Great Lakes area was appreciated by Frontenac, governor of New France, and Pontchartrain, Secretary of State for the Navy. This earned him various favors, including the Order of Saint Louis from Ki

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Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac

Antoine Laumet was born on March 5, 1658 in St. Nicholas de la Grave in Gascony, France (some sources say Department of Tarn and Garonne in place of Gascony). He was the fourth child of Jean Laumet, lawyer and counselor of the King at the Parliament of Toulouse, and Jeanne de Pechagut, the daughter of middleclass landowners. The couple were married on March 16, 1646.

True to the Gascons of legend (like D'Artagnan of the Three Muskeeters), Laumet was known for his prowess with the sword. He was also said to have a very prominent nose, earning him the nickname "Hawk" (le Faucon) and many comparisons to Dumas' Cyrano de Bergerac.

Laumet received an education in military school, after which he joined the army where he was first a cadet in the regiment of Dampierre-Lorraine, and later (in 1677) a lieutenant in the regiment of Clairembault. In 1683, his military career took him to Port Royal in New France (now Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada).

In Port Royal, Laumet earned a reputation of being an expert navigator. He is believ

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LAUMET, ditde Lamothe Cadillac, ANTOINE, seigneur in Acadia, captain in the colonial regular troops, sub-lieutenant in the navy, commandant of Michilimackinac, founder of Detroit, governor of Louisiana, knight of the order of Saint-Louis, governor of Castelsarrasin in France; a turbulent figure in the history of New France, described by Agnes Laut as among the “great early heroes in North American history” and by W. J. Eccles as, “one of the worst scoundrels ever to set foot in New France”; b. at Les Laumets, near Caumont (department of Tarn-et-Garonne), 5 March 1658; d. at Castelsarrasin, 15 Oct. 1730.

Boastful, ingenious, quarrelsome, not too scrupulous about adhering to the truth, Antoine Laumet was a true son of Gascony. He has gone down in history with the impressive noble pedigree he invented for himself, consisting of the title of esquire, a coat of arms, the noble alias of de Lamothe Cadillac, and a father who was counsellor in the prestigious parlement of Toulouse. The truth is quite different. Cadillac’s baptismal certificate, prese

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