Ignace François Broutin

Who is Ignace François Broutin?

Ignace François Broutin was a French military officer, commander of Fort Rosalie among the Natchez people, and later an architect in colonial Louisiana. He is chiefly remembered for designing the Ursuline Convent in New Orleans. A native of Picardy, he arrived in Louisiana in 1720 and married Madeleine le Maire, widow of Pierre Philippe de Marigny and mother of Antoine Philippe de Marigny. In 1748 his daughter married Louis Xavier Martin de Lino de Chalmette, for whom the town of Chalmette, Louisiana was named.