Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur

Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan pekodi də kɔ̃tʁəkœʁ]; 1596 – May 1, 1688) was an officer in the Carignan-Salières Regiment and the first seigneur of Contrecœur.

His son, François-Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur, inherited the seigneury from his father.

Antoine Pécaudy came to New France in 1665 and was still an active military man attaining the rank of captain.

A number of the officers who stayed were granted generous lands.

His seigneury gave its name to present-day Contrecoeur, Quebec.