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Pierre Denis de la Ronde II (April 20, 1762 - December 2, 1824) was a noted South Louisiana civic leader, plantation owner and War of 1812 veteran.

Background
He was the son Pierre Denis de la Ronde of Québec, New France, and Marie Madeline Broutin. His father had been a lieutenant in the French colonial troops of the Marine who had been stationed in New Orleans in 1750 at the age of 24. Seven years later, Pierre Denis married Madeliene Broutin, daughter of Ignace Francois Broutin, a noted royal engineer and architect. Madeliene Broutin was the widow of Louis Xavier de Lino de Chalmette.

Pierre Denis de la Ronde II was a lieutenant in the second company first battalion of Spanish Louisiana troops maintained by the King of Spain. He served as a civil and military commandant for St. Bernard Parish. He was a member of the Cabildo from 1798 to 1803 under Spanish rule, where he succeeded his brother-in-law Don Andres Almonaster y Rojas. He was a member of the Louisiana state constitutional convention in 1812, and served as a colonel on the staff of General Andrew Jackson during the Battle of New Orleans, which was fought on his, and several neighboring plantations.

He married Eulalie Guerbois, by whom he fathered 10 children, nine of which were girls are were known in the area as the "nine muses".

Plantation
In addition to his civic duties, Pierre Denis de la Ronde II was a noted grower owning a large plantation on the Mississippi River in St Bernard Parish. The principal crop was sugar cane. The plantation was considered one of the larger and grander such plantations of the area.