Les Filles du Roi (27 janv. 1663 – 15 nov 1763)
Description:
Unmarried orphans or poor widowed women sponsored by the King of France (Louis XIV), are sent to the colonies to help settlements grow- about 800 in total
- extremely successful in terms of expanding the population
- Estimated that nearly 2/3rd of French Canadians can trace their lineage back to a Fille du Roi (there was a pension for life for giving birth to more than 10 children)
Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
27 janv. 1663
15 nov 1763
~ 100 years