{{short description|Governor of Acadia}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jacques de Chambly | image = | caption = | office = Governor of Acadia | term_start = 1673 | term_end = 1677 | predecessor = Hector d'Andigné de Grandfontaine | successor = John Rhoades | office2 = Governor of Grenada | term_start2 = 1679 | term_end2 = 1680 | predecessor2 = Pierre de Sainte-Marthe de Lalande | successor2 = Nicolas de Gabaret | office3 = Governor of Martinique | term_start3 = 1680 | term_end3 = 1687 | predecessor3 = Antoine André de Sainte-Marthe | successor3 = Charles de Peychpeyrou-Comminges de Guitaut | birth_name = | birth_date = 1612<!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | birth_place = Chamouille, Kingdom of France | death_date = 1687<!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | death_place = Martinique, Kingdom of France | other_names = | occupation = Soldier | known_for = }}
'''Jacques de Chambly''' (born 1612,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chambly - Chambly (Ville) |url=https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=98647 |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=toponymie.gouv.qc.ca}}</ref> died 1687) was from a French military background and became a seigneur in the New World and a governor of Acadia.
Chambly arrived in New France in 1665 when he was a captain in the Carignan-Salières Regiment. He immediately was in charge of the construction of Fort Saint-Louis (now known as Fort Chambly) on the Richelieu Rapids. He then took part in the Prouville de Tracy’s expedition against the Iroquois. When his regiment was disbanded he returned to France but returned to service in Canada in 1670.
In 1672 he received a seigneury on the Richelieu River in present-day Quebec, Canada. In 1673 he was appointed governor of Acadia, replacing Hector d'Andigné de Grandfontaine at the capital of Acadia, Fort Pentagouet.
Chambly died in Martinique in 1687.<ref>{{cite DCB |title=Chambly, Jacques de |first=René |last=Baudry |volume=1 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/chambly_jacques_de_1E.html |access-date=2024-05-17}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} * {{cite DCB |title=Chambly, Jacques de |first=René |last=Baudry |volume=1 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/chambly_jacques_de_1E.html}}
== External links == {{Portal|France|North America|History}} * [https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/qc/fortchambly Official Parks Canada Website - Fort Chambly National Historic Site of Canada] * {{DFHD|602|Fort Chambly National Historic Site of Canada}}
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