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Étienne Perier or Étienne de Perier [a] (1686–1766), also known as Perier the Elder (French: Perier l'Aîné), [1] was a French naval officer and governor of French Louisiana from 1726 to 1733. His time as governor included some notable achievements, including the construction of the first levee along the Mississippi River in 1727.
Étienne Perier or Étienne de Perier (1686–1766), also known as Perier the Elder (French: Perier l'Aîné), was a French naval officer and governor of French Louisiana from 1726 to 1733. His time as governor included some notable achievements, including the construction of the first levee along the Mississippi River in 1727.
Nov 6, 2022 · PERIER, Etienne de, governor. Born, Le Havre, France, ca. 1690. Along with his younger brother Antoine Alexis, he was attracted to a naval career at an early age, serving as a naval captain in the latter stages of the War of the Spanish Succession.
- "Perier the Elder"
- Brest, France
- February 27, 1686
Sep 18, 2024 · Etienne de Périer, however, who became governor in 1727, did not bother with maintaining good diplomatic relations with the indigenous nations. Sieur de Chépart, Périer’s new commandant of Fort Rosalie, was accused of abuse of power towards the Natchez and was tried in New Orleans in 1728.
- Tara Cunningham
- 2018
Oct 7, 2018 · 5th Governor of Louisiana Colony. Biography. From 1727 to 1733 Etienne de Périer governed Louisiana as commandant-general for the Company of the West (later known as the Company of the Indies), which then held a charter for the development of the Louisiana colony.
- Male
––Louisiana Governor Étienne Périer and Director-General Jacques de La Chaise, to the directors of the Company of the Indies, April 22, 1727 Louisiana suffered from an acute lack of specie, or coin money, throughout the French colonial period (1699–1763).
The Natchez rebellion was suppressed by French governor Étienne Périer, who massacred some of the rebels, dispersed others, and sold others into slavery in Saint-Domingue. Politically speaking, the French period in Louisiana lasted less than a century.
