USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Definition. The Filles du Roi (King’s Daughters) were unmarried women and sometimes widows who were sponsored by the king to immigrate to New France between 1663 and 1673.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Filles du roi were part of King Louis XIV’s program to promote the settlement of his colony in Canada. Some 737 of these women married and the resultant population explosion gave rise to the success of the colony.

Detailed explanation-3: -3) Choice. You would think that at the time, the women would be put into an arranged marriage. But the Filles du Roi had free will over who they wanted to marry. Even in the 17th century, when the reason they were asked to move was to populate the province, these women still held the power of making their own choice.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Filles du Roi, or King’s Daughters, had one mission: populate the colony of New France. From 1663 to 1673, these 800 or so women were shipped from France under the financial sponsorship of King Louis XIV to find male suitors and start families in one of the nation’s most geographically significant colonies.