Madeleine D'Allone
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Madeleine de Roybon d'Allonne (1646, Cepoy
- 17 January 1718, Montréal
) was an early settler of New France
.
She was the daughter of a minor French
nobleman. She had a relationship with Robert La Salle, a French explorer. In 1681 she donated 2141 livres to him for his voyage and lived in his fort for 2 years. La Salle was later charged with seducing D'Allone and reports claimed that they were to marry. Madeleine protested against the claim until it was clear that it was false.
About this time Robert La Salle granted her a seigneury extending westward from Toneguignon (Collin's Bay). On this land she built a house, outbuildings and a trading post, grew crops and raised cattle. Marauding Iroquois, angry at the French for their campaign against the Senecas in 1686 destroyed the Roybon's establishment in August 1687, and took her prisoner. Released the following year, she lived in Montreal until her death.
She was the first Europe
an woman to own land in Ontario
. There is a memorial in Ontario named after her.
Cepoy
Cepoy is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France....
- 17 January 1718, Montréal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
) was an early settler of New France
New France
New France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
.
She was the daughter of a minor French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
nobleman. She had a relationship with Robert La Salle, a French explorer. In 1681 she donated 2141 livres to him for his voyage and lived in his fort for 2 years. La Salle was later charged with seducing D'Allone and reports claimed that they were to marry. Madeleine protested against the claim until it was clear that it was false.
About this time Robert La Salle granted her a seigneury extending westward from Toneguignon (Collin's Bay). On this land she built a house, outbuildings and a trading post, grew crops and raised cattle. Marauding Iroquois, angry at the French for their campaign against the Senecas in 1686 destroyed the Roybon's establishment in August 1687, and took her prisoner. Released the following year, she lived in Montreal until her death.
She was the first Europe
Europe
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an woman to own land in Ontario
Ontario
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. There is a memorial in Ontario named after her.