What is Marquis de Denonville?
{{Infobox person | name = Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville, Marquis de Denonville | image = Jacques-Rene de Brisay, Marquis de Denonville.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1637|12|10}} | birth_place = [[Denonville]] (Eure-et-Loir), France | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1710|09|22|1637|12|10}} | death_place = Denonville (Eure-et-Loir), France | occupation = Governor General of New France | signature = Signature of Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville, Marquis de Denonville (1637–1710).png }} '''Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville, Marquis de Denonville''' (10 December 1637 – 22 September 1710) was a governor of [[New France]]. He was important during the [[Beaver Wars]]. He arrived in the colonies when there was much conflict between the Irouquois and the English. He led an attack against the Seneca people in 1687. He destroyed many towns.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jacques-René de Brisay, Marquis de Denonville {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jacques-rene-de-brisay-marquis-de-denonville|access-date=2022-08-17|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-08-08|title=Brisay de Denonville, Jacques-René, Marquis de Denonville, 1637 - 1710|url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS5752|access-date=2022-08-17|website=Wisconsin Historical Society|language=en}}</ref> == References == <references /> [[Category:1637 births]] [[Category:1710 deaths]] [[Category:French explorers]] {{bio-stub}}