Acadian Civil War

Acadian Civil War

Siege of Saint John (1645) – d'Aulnay defeats La Tour in Acadia
Date1635–1654
Location
Result

Port Royal temporary victory

  • La Tour expelled by d'Aulnay
  • La Tour later marries d'Aulnay's widow Jeanne Motin Jeanne Motin & resumes Governorship
Belligerents

St. John Administration
Supported by:

Port Royal Administration
Supported by:

Commanders and leaders
Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour
Françoise-Marie Jacquelin
Charles de Menou d'Aulnay
Strength
Several hundred Several hundred
Casualties and losses
Execution of St. Johns garrison

The Acadian Civil War (1635–1654) was fought between competing governors of the French province of Acadia. Governor Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour (a Protestant) had been granted one area of territory by King Louis XIV, and Charles de Menou d'Aulnay (a Catholic) had been granted another area. The divisions made by the king were geographically uninformed, and the two territories and their administrative centres overlapped. The conflict was intensified by personal animosity between the two governors, and came to an end when d'Aulnay successfully expelled la Tour from his holdings. D'Aulnay's success was effectively overturned after his death when la Tour married D'Aulnay's widow in 1653.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Collections".
  2. ^ "Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society". 1792.