Donnacona
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Chief Donnacona (died 1539 in France) was the chief of the St. Lawrence Iroquois village of Stadacona, located at the present site of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. French explorer Jacques Cartier, concluding his second voyage to what is now Canada, kidnapped Donnacona along with nine other Iroquois captives, and brought them to France, where Donnacona died. Later Cartier would make a third voyage to the same area.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Canada Council for the Arts
- Place of death
- Kingdom of France
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- traditional leader or chief
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Postcard of butter sculpture tableau of the meeting of Jacques Cartier and Donnacona, Franco-British Exhibition,London, 1908.jpg
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- date of death
- 1539-00-00
- date of birth
- 1500-00-00
- Commons category
- Donnacona
- ethnic group
- St. Lawrence Iroquoians
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- Cartier's first voyage
- Cartier's second voyage
- Legacy
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Chief Donnacona (died 1539 in France) was the chief of the St. Lawrence Iroquois village of Stadacona, located at the present site of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. French explorer Jacques Cartier, concluding his second voyage to what is now Canada, kidnapped Donnacona along with nine other Iroquois captives, and brought them to France, where Donnacona died. Later Cartier would make a third voyage to the same area.
==Cartier's first voyage==
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