What is louis de buade cultural heritage

Count Louis De BuadeFrontenac, a governor of New France, b. at Paris, 1622; d. at Quebec, November 28, 1698. His father was captain of the royal castle of St-Germain-en-laye; his mother, nee Phelypeaux, was the daughter of the king's secretary of state; Louis XIII was his godfather.

De Buade, Louis (Count of Frontenac) National Historic …

By his valor and skill he won the rank of marshal of the king's camps and armies. He served in Holland, France, Italy, and Germany, and also in Candia where Turenne had sent him to command a contingent against the Turks. A brilliant military reputation, therefore, preceded him to Canada. During his first administration (1672-1682) he built a fort at Cataracouy (now Kingston) to awe the Iroquois and facilitate communications with the West.

To explore the course of the Mississippi, previously discovered by Joliet and Marquette, he sent Cavelier de La Salle, who named the country watered by that river Louisiana, in honor of Louis XIV. Althoug