Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons

Pierre Dugua of Sieur de Mons was born in the Royan area during the religious war. As Huguenot, he participated in a religious confrontation. In 1594, as King of France, Henry IV rewarded the people who supported him. Dugua receives the pension and is awarded the title "gentilhomme ordinaire de la Maison du Roi".

In 1596, Dugua married Catholic Judith Cessner. She hands over 25,000 pounds of dowry to him. "For Sieur de Mons, this will make a tremendous contribution to the (...) project he cherishes, and he is already working hard to gather the necessary funds." - Claude Bouchet, Société du Muséede Royan, p. 7, July 2000)

This great project will be named "New World" Lieutenant. Henry IV gave him a title on November 8, 1603 and gave him exclusive rights to the land between the parallel lines of 40 and 46. After selling his belongings and financing the project, he "conquered" the land and agreed to establish a permanent French settlement under the name of King Henry IV.

In 1603, Dugua visited Arcadia with his crew and founded a permanent French settlement. He returns to France in October 1605 and tells the king about his achievement. After returning home, demons encountered many difficulties. One of them was his opponent who tried to crush him in front of his guardian and king. After fighting for his good for many years he finally lost his trade monopoly.

In 1608 he was sponsored by Henry IV, Pierre Dugua, Siulu de Mons and Samuel de Champain and founded Quebec City with 28 men. Colonization is slow and difficult. Many immigrants died early due to bad weather and sickness. In 1630, only 103 settlers lived in settlements, but by the year 1640, the population reached 355 people. Champrain and the people in the area of ​​Algonquin and Montania in that area allied as soon as possible, they are fighting the Iroquois. In 1609 Champrain and his other two French colleagues accompanied by his Algonquin, Montania and Huron allies southed from the St. Lawrence Valley to Lake Champlain and decidedly participated there. Battle with Iroquois, murder the heads of two Iroquois. First shot of his Arkebus

Pierre Dugua of Sieur de Mons was born in the Royan area during the religious war. As Huguenot, he participated in a religious confrontation. In 1594, as King of France, Henry IV rewarded the people who supported him. Dugua received the pension and was awarded the title "gentilhomme ordinaire de la Maison du Roi". In 1596, Dugua married Catholic Judith Cessner. She hands over 25,000 pounds of dowry to him. "For Sieur de Mons this will make a tremendous contribution to the (...) project he cherishes, and he is already working hard to gather the necessary funds.-Claude Bouchet, Sociétédu Muséede Royan, p. 7, July 2000)