Marie-Renée (Le Gardeur) de Léry (1697-1743)

Mme. Marie-Renée (Le Gardeur de Beauvais) de Léry

Her family were originally from Thury-Harcourt in Calvados, Normandy, and were ennobled in 1510. In 1636, her ancestor, Pierre Le Gardeur de Repentigny (1605-1648), established the family in Quebec, obtaining the Seigneuries of Repentigny (named for the seigneury in Normandy of his maternal grandfather, Pierre de Corday de Repentigny) and Bécancour in 1647.

Parents (2)

René Le Gardeur de Beauvais

Captain in the Troupes de la Marine; Grand Cross of the Order of Saint-Louis

1660-1742

Marie-Barbe (de St.-Ours) Le Gardeur

Mme. Marie-Barbe (de Saint-Ours) Le Gardeur de Beauvais

1670-1705

Spouse (1)

Gaspard Chaussegros de Léry

Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry, of Quebec; Chief Engineer of New France

1682-1756

Children (1)

Madeleine (de Léry) de Lotbiniere

Louise-Madeleine (Chaussegros de Léry), Marquise de Lotbiniere

1726-1809