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biographical name Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur de 1680-1768 French colonial governor of Louisiana

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Canadian-French explorer, founder of New Orleans. Born in Montreal, he served with the French navy in King William's War. He accompanied his brother P. Iberville on expeditions to the mouth of the Mississippi River. They founded a settlement in 1699, and he later commanded the colony of Louisiana (1701-12, 1717-23). He founded New Orleans in 1718 and made it the colony's capital in 1722. Recalled to France in 1723, he returned to serve as governor of Louisiana 1733-43.