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The Filles du roi (article in PDF format)
The Filles du roi (article in PDF format)
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The filles du roi were a group of some 700 unmarried women who were sent to New France between 1663 and 1673 by King Louis XIV to solve a gender imbalance problem, and ultimately help populate the new colony. They were called daughters of the king because Louis XIV paid for their recruitment, clothing and passage to the new world and offered dowries to the women when they married.
PDF of the article at https://www.tfcg.ca/filles-du-roi.