Mobile was founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville in 1702 as Fort "Louis de la Louisiane" at 27-Mile Bluff up river (27 miles from the mouth). After the Mobile River flooded and damaged the fort, Mobile was relocated in 1711 to the current site. A temporary wooden stockade fort was constructed, also named Fort Louis after the old fort up river. In 1723, construction of a new brick fort with a stone foundation began, renamed later as "Fort Condé" in honor of Louis Henri de Bourbon, duc de Bourbon and prince de Condé.