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| Keywords: Giffardnobilityletter.JPG en Letter from the King of France granting nobility to Robert Giffard de Moncel and his descendants in recognition of his commendable virtues and qualities Giffard was born in 1587 in Mortagne-au-Perche France A navy doctor he first visited New France in 1627 and moved to the colony in 1634 Granted a seigneurie in Beauport near Quebec City Giffard distinguished himself in ongoing hostilities between the colonists and the Iroquois A member of the Council of Quebec in 1648 he was granted noble status in 1658 and he died in 1668 fr La lettre de noblesse de Robert Giffard avec sceau accordée par Louis XIV et datée de 1658 Robert Giffard qui est né en 1587 à Mortagne-au-Perche en France était chirurgien de marine Il visita la Nouvelle-France en 1627 et décida de s'y établir en 1634 Il obtint la concession d'une seigneurie à Beauport près de la ville de Québec et en fit un centre actif Il se distingua aussi dans sa lutte contre les Iroquois Il fut membre du Conseil de Québec en 1648 et annobli dix années plus tard Il est mort en 1668 R9875-0-7-F 98658 Obtained at http //www collectionscanada ca/education/sources/008001-110 01-e php adf TRUE adq 5B0 5D 5Bq 5D New+France adq 5B0 5D 5Bcol 5D Cluster_En searchVar Cluster_En web Theme type New+France 1 and http //data4 collectionscanada ca/netacgi/nph-brs s1 s2 s6 98658 s10 s11 l 20 Sect4 AND Sect1 IMAGE Sect2 THESOFF Sect5 MKDOPEN Sect6 HITOFF d MIKA p 1 u http //www collectionscanada ca/archivianet/02012302_e html r 1 f G 2 1658-03 King Louis XIV PD-old-100 Quebec in the 1650s 1658 in Canada New France Nobility Robert Giffard | ||||
