Statue of Cadillac commemorating his landing, in Detroit's Hart Plaza

Antoine Laumet, dit de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac (March 5, 1658 – October 15, 1730), a French explorer, was a colourful figure in the history of New France. The self-styled Lamothe-Cadillac was the son of one Jean Laumet, an assistant magistrate in the local court. His mother, a modest home-maker, was born Jeanne Pechagut. Statue of Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac commemorating his landing in Detroit, Michigan (taken Sept. ... Statue of Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac commemorating his landing in Detroit, Michigan (taken Sept. ... hehe Categories: | ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... Events January 13 - Edward Sexby, who had plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in Tower of London February 6 - Swedish troops of Charles X Gustav of Sweden cross The Great Belt (Storebælt) in Denmark over frozen sea May 1 - Publication of Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial and The Garden of Cyrus by... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years). ... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births April 16 - Henry Clinton, British general (d. ... New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River, by Jacques Cartier in 1534, to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763. ...

Born at Les Laumets in the hamlet of Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave, in Gascony, he was educated in a military school. He joined the army where he was a cadet in the regiment of Dampierre-Lorraine, and in 1677 became a lieutenant in the regiment of Clairembault. He arrived in 1683 at Port-Royal, Acadia, where Governor Frontenac made him a lieutenant and later a captain. Map of the historical and cultural area of Gascony. ... Events June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the worlds first university museum. ... Port Royal is a small rural community in the western part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ... The national flag of Acadia, adopted in 1884. ... Frontenac Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau (May 22, 1622 – November 28, 1698) was a French courtier and Governor of New France from 1672 to 1682 and from 1689 to his death in 1698. ...

Hardly had he disembarked than he changed his name and began calling himself "Lamothe", which was the name of a nobleman of his home region (de Lamothe-Bardigues) who was a counselor to the parliament in Toulouse. He also borrowed the latter's coat of arms that he had seen on the gates of the Bardigues estate near St. Nicolas. It is a variation on that coat of arms that has graced the Cadillac automobile for close to 100 years. New city flag (Occitan cross) Traditional coat of arms Motto: (Occitan: For Toulouse, always more) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région Midi-Pyrénées Département Haute-Garonne (31) Intercommunality Community of Agglomeration of Greater Toulouse Mayor Jean-Luc Moudenc  (UMP) (since 2004...

On June 25, 1687, in Quebec (which was New France at that time), he married Marie-Thérèse Guyon, niece of French-Canadian privateer, Denis Guyon. It is rumored that they met at the Governor's ball at Quebec's Château St. Louis and that Cadillac worked for her uncle as a navigator. He signed the marriage license de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac. The style "sieur" is derived from the French formal address "monsieur," and equates to the English title "sir"; it is roughly equivalent to a title between "gentleman" and "lord." It is believed that the name Cadillac is a reference to a hamlet near the town of Montech, not far from Laumet's birthplace, or perhaps the wine-producing Cadillac, seat of the Ducs d'Épernon, which is also close to Gascony. The couple had between 7 and 13 children. June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... Events March 19 - The men under explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle murder him while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River. ... Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Official languages French Flower Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor Linné) Tree Yellow Birch Bird Snowy Owl Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 75 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of... A hamlet is (usually — see below) a small settlement, too small or unimportant to be considered a village. ... Cadillac is a commune of the Gironde département, in France. ...

In 1688, Cadillac requested and received from the Governor of New France a parcel of land in an area known as Donaquec which included part of the Donaquec River (now the Union River) and the island of Mount Desert in the present-day U.S. state of Maine. Cadillac then referred to himself as Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac, Donaquec and Mount Desert. In 1689, he went to France to consult on the war effort against New England. The Union River is a river that runs through Ellsworth, Maine, being dammed just above the downtown. ... Mount Desert is a town located in Hancock County, Maine. ... Official language(s) None (English de facto) Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 39th  - Total 33,414 sq mi (86,542 km²)  - Width 210 miles (338 km)  - Length 320 miles (515 km)  - % water 13. ...

He moved with his family to Quebec City in 1691 and was commissioned in the Troupes de la Marine. In 1694 he was named commander of Fort Michilimackinac in Michigan, where he stayed until 1697. After troops were withdrawn from Michilimackinac, he convinced the comte de Pontchartrain to found a colony at Detroit, which he commanded 1701-1710 (see History of Detroit, Michigan). Motto: « Don de Dieu feray valoir Â» (I shall put Gods gift to good use) Site in the province of Québec Official logo Provincial region Province Country Capitale-Nationale Québec Canada Gentilé Québécois, Québécoise Mayor Jean-Paul LAllier 1989-Dec. ... Events March 5 - French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons March 20 - Leislers Rebellion - New governor arrives in New York - Jacob Leisler surrenders after standoff of several hours March 29 - Siege of Mons ends to the city’s surrender May 6... The troupes de la marine (Troops of The Marine) were French part of the French Navy in the 17th century, recruited specifically for Frances military efforts in New France. ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... Fort Michilimackinac was an 18th century French, and later British, fort and trading post in the Great Lakes of North America. ... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 491 miles (790 km)  - % water 41. ... Louis Phélypeaux (1643–1727), marquis de Phélypeaux (1667), comte de Maurepas (1687), comte de Pontchartrain (1699), known as the chancellor de Pontchartrain, was a French politician. ... Nickname: Motor City, Motown Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Location in Wayne County, Michigan Coordinates: Country United States State Michigan County Wayne County Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Area    - City 370. ... French officer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded a fort and settlement at the site of Detroit in 1701. ...

He arrived at Detroit on July 24, 1701 with his group in 75 canoes. He immediately ordered a fort to be constructed, enclosing an area of about an acre behind a 12 foot high picket fence. The first building completed was the Catholic church. Originally, the settlement was called "les Etroits" (the narrows) and Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit. Cadillac's wife along with the wife of his lieutenant, Alphonse de Tonty arrived in spring the next year. Cadillac's tenure at Detroit was marked with conflict with officials in Paris and Quebec, struggles for control of trading rights and property and even one conflict with a local Native tribe. He even found himself in conflict with the Jesuits who were sent to set up an Indian mission at Detroit in 1701. Cadillac's hostility forced Father François Vaillant de Gueslis to abandon his mission after a few months and return to Montreal. Nickname: Motor City, Motown Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Location in Wayne County, Michigan Coordinates: Country United States State Michigan County Wayne County Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Area    - City 370. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... Events January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. ... Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit or Fort Detroit was a fort established by the French officer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac in 1701. ... Pierre Alphonse de Tonty, or Alphonse de Tonty, Baron de Paludy (1659 – 10 November 1727) was an officer who served under the French explorer Cadillac and helped establish the first European settlement at Detroit, Michigan, Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit on the Detroit River in 1701. ... François Vaillant de Gueslis (20 July 1646 - 24 September 1718) was a Jesuit missionary, born in Orleans. ...

Cadillac was frequently absent from the fort to defend his rights back east. He was finally removed from that post when it became apparent he was using it for his own gain. Charles Regnault, Sieur du Buisson became the new fort commandant.[1]

The same year, 1710, he was named governor of Louisiana. Cadillac returned to France in June, 1717, where he was briefly imprisoned in the Bastille for speaking against John Law who represented French investors in a scheme to settle the Mississippi River valley, but was released without a trial. In August 1722, Cadillac was granted the position of governor of Castelsarrasin. He died there in 1730. His former house is in Montréal; it is now converted into a McDonald's restaurant. In 1972, the city of Detroit gave money to the city of Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave to purchase and preserve his birthplace. Louisiana (French: La Louisiane) was the name of an administrative district of New France. ... // Events January 4 — The Netherlands, Britain & France sign Triple Alliance February 26-March 6 What is now the northeastern United States was paralyzed by a series of blizzards that buried the region. ... The Bastille The Bastille ( ) was a prison in Paris, known formally as Bastille Saint-Antoine—Number 232, Rue Saint-Antoine—best known today because of the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, which along with the Tennis Court Oath is considered the beginning of the French Revolution. ... There have been a number of famous individuals named John Law: John Law (economist), (bap. ... The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning great river (gichi-ziibi big river at its headwaters), is the second-longest river in the United States; the longest is the Missouri River, which flows into the Mississippi. ... Template:Castelsarrasin infobox Castelsarrasin is a commune in the département of Tarn-et-Garonne in Midi-Pyrénées. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Concordia Salus (Salvation through harmony) Ville de Montréal, Québec, Canada Location. ... McDonalds in Times Square, New York McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest fast food chain, selling primarily hamburgers, chicken, french fries and carbonated drinks, and more recently salads, fruit and carrot sticks. ...

Cadillac's name lives on in General Motors' luxury Cadillac automotive line, the town of Cadillac, Michigan, and in Cadillac Mountain on Mount Desert Island in Maine. General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM), also known as GM, is an American automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Vauxhall. ... Cadillac is a brand of luxury automobile, part of General Motors, produced and mostly sold in the United States and Canada; outside of North America, they have been less successful. ... Cadillac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Wexford County. ... Cadillac Mountain is the highest coastal point on the East Coast of the United States, at 1,532 feet. ... Mount Desert Island, in Hancock County, Maine, is one of the larger islands in the United States, being the third largest in the East after Long Island and Marthas Vineyard. ... Official language(s) None (English de facto) Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 39th  - Total 33,414 sq mi (86,542 km²)  - Width 210 miles (338 km)  - Length 320 miles (515 km)  - % water 13. ...

External links

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• A detailed history of Antoine Laumet
• Catholic Encyclopedia article