Les Filles du Roi (27 янв 1663 г. – 15 ноя 1763 г.)
Описание:
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)
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Дата:
27 янв 1663 г.
15 ноя 1763 г.
~ 100 years
