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FILLES DU ROI

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The 'filles du roi' were young women who were mostly orphans, to come to New France to be married there. They were raised by the church. The purpose of the filles du roi was to marry the men in New France. The reason to this was that there was very few single women in New France at the time. Due to this, the king decided to create the filles du roi.

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CHURCH

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The filles du roi also received many things. They received:

  • Free transportation to New France,
  • Their settlement expenses,
  • and a dowry.

With this the filles du roi quickly married. The marriage contracts were usually cleared an done before the wedding ceremonies.

A 'dowry' is a sum of money or personal property that a women will take into her marriage.

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In 1668, the marraige contract between Isabelle Hubert and Louis

Bolduc stated that Isabelle and Louis promised each other to marry in the

Roman Catholic Church as soon as possible. All the possessions

they brought into the marriage would become both their property

according to French law. Isabelle promised to bring 400 livres (the

money used in New France)

into the marriage. If the

marriage ever broke up in the

future, she would take goods to

the value of 500 livres with

her. When one spouse died,

the other would inherit all that

person's goods and property.

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Louis

Bolduc

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Without the filles du roi New France wouldn't have expanded as fast as it would have. The filles du roi were also an important part of the making of New France.

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