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'''Marquis Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy''' (''[[c.]]'' [[1596]] or [[1603]] – [[1670]]) was a [[France|French]] aristocrat, [[statesman]], and military leader. |
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After driving out the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] from the [[West Indies]] in [[1664]], the Marquis de Tracy was appointed lieutenant-général of [[New France]]. The [[Governor of New France|governor]] was not present, so de Tracy acted as the governor in the [[Sovereign Council of New France|Sovereign Council]]. |
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From his base in [[Quebec City]], he initiated a brutal war against the [[Iroquois]] peoples and after defeating them and destroying their crops and villages, he launched an attack against the [[Mohawk nation]] and causing destruction to their territory. Marquis Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy seized all the Mohawk lands in the name of the king of France, and forced the Mohawks to accept the Roman Cathoilic faith and to adopt the French language as taught by the [[Jesuit]] missionaries. |
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Marquis Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy died in [[Paris]] in the [[parish]] of [[Saint-Eustache]] in 1670. |
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== External links == |
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*[http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=34601 Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''] |
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[[Category:French nobility|Tracy, Alexandre de Prouville de]] |
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[[Category:Quebec history|Tracy, Alexandre de Prouville de]] |
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[[Category:Canadian historical figures|Tracy, Alexandre de Prouville de]] |
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