Excerpt from Catalogue of the Museum and Portrait Gallery: Chateau De Ramezay Claude de Eamezay, the 11th Governor of Montreal, appointed 1703, was born in France 1657, came to Canada in 1685, with a number of other young officers, in the suite of Governor de Denonville. He was then a lieutenant in de Troyes company of Marine troops, which later took part in the expedition to Hudsons Bay. His promotion was rapid, being: captain in 1687, later colonel, then commandant of troops and finally Governor. In 1687 he took part in the expedition against the Iroquois and in 1690, when Phipps appeared before Quebec, he brought over 800 men from Montreal for the defence of the former town. History tells of the spirited defence made by Frontenae and his gallant officers, the latter, no doubt, being encouraged by the bright smiles of some of Quebecs fair daughters who, it seems, lost no time in rewarding their brave defenders with their heart and hand. Scarcely had the last of Phipps fleet disappeared around Point Levi, than de Ramezay led to the altar Melle Marie-Charlotte Denys, a daughter of Denys de la Eonde, one of the oldest and wealthiest families of Canada. His companion in arms, de Vaudreuil, at the same time married Louise, daughter of Pierre de Joybert de Soulanges. Could they have seen into the future their happiness would have been clouded by sorrow, for it was destined that a son of de Ramezay should be the one to open the gates of Quebec to the English in 1759, and a son of de Vaudreuil should do likewise, at Montreal, the following year. De Ramezay was one of the most prominent men of his time, occupying an official position in Canada for a term exceeding forty years. He was Seigneur de la Gesse, de Montigny, et Boisfleurent in France, and in Canada was Seigneur de Monnoir and de Ramezay, Knight of the Military Order of St. Louis, Governor of Montreal, and Commandant of all the militia in the country, and was administrator of the GovernorGeneralship during the two years absence of de Vaudreuil in France The Chateau was built in 1705. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.