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Ignace Francois Broutin (La Bassee, 1690–1751) 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 La Bassee in northern France, Broutin arrived in Louisiana in 1720 and married Madeleine la Maire (likely a cousin - his mother's maiden name was la Mairee), 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, whose Chalmette Plantation became the site of the 1815 Battle of New Orleans and the source of the name of the seat of St. Bernard Parish: Chalmette.
He is said to have died in New Orleans, on August 9, 1751; but the whereabouts of his remains are unknown.