Pierre-Charles de Liette

Pierre-Charles de Liette
6th Commandant of the Illinois Country
In office
1702–1718
Preceded byFrançois Dauphin de la Forest
Succeeded byPierre Dugué de Boisbriand
Personal details
BornPierCarlo Di Lietto
c. 1672
Gaeta (southern Italy)
DiedMay 1729
ProfessionSoldier and governor
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Pierre-Charles de Liette (born PierCarlo Di Lietto) was an Italian who moved to French North America and enrolled there as a French soldier. He served as an aide to Henri de Tonti, as commandant at Fort Saint-Louis and Chécagou, and as a captain in the colonial regular troops from 1687 to 1729. He was also Commandant of the Illinois Country from 1702 to 1718.

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