# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henri-de-tonti
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:23:10.153Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henri-de-tonti"
name: "Henri de Tonti"
slug: "henri-de-tonti"
description: "Henri de Tonti was an Italian-born French military officer and explorer who assisted René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle during the French colonization of the Americas from 1678 to 1686. Tonti was one of the first explorers to navigate and sail the upper Great Lakes. He also sailed the Illinois and the Mississippi, to its mouth and thereupon claimed the length of the Mississippi for Louis XIV of France. He is credited with founding the settlement that would become Peoria, Illinois. Tonti established the first permanent European settlement in the lower Mississippi valley, known as Poste de Arkansea, making him \"The Father of Arkansas\"."
tagline: "Italian-born French military officer, explorer, and fur trader"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henri_de_Tonti.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1649"
deathDate: "1704"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.3
  momentum:             0.4166666666666666
  historical:           8.369333333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%D9%86%D8%B1%DB%8C_%DA%88%DB%8C_%D9%B9%D9%88%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C"
    title: "ہنری ڈی ٹونٹی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%BE_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8"
    title: "Анри дьо Тонти"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Tonti"
    title: "Henri de Tonti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Tonti"
    title: "Henri de Tonti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Tonti"
    title: "Henri de Tonti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Tonti"
    title: "Henri de Tonti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Tonti"
    title: "Henri Tonti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Tonti"
    title: "Henri de Tonti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3"
    title: "アンリ・デ・トンティ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Tonti"
    title: "Henri de Tonti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2711731"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump