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Books from the Catalog

Marie Carduner, fille du roy : roman. by Nicole Macé
Call Number: PQ2673.A24 K6514
Publication Date: 1997
Fiction
Nos premières mères de famille : les Filles du roy aux origines de Sainte-Anne by Douville, Raymond.
Call Number: HQ1460.S24 D68
Publication Date: 1976

Les Filles du roi au XVIIe siècle : orphelines en France, pionnières au Canada ; suivi d'un répertoire biographique des Filles du roi by Landry, Yves.
Call Number: JV7222 .L33
Publication Date: 1992
Along a River by Jan Noel
Call Number: HQ1459.Q3 N63 2013
ISBN: 144261238X
Exploring how the daughters and granddaughters of the filles du roi adapted to their terrain, turned their hands to trade, and even acquired surprising influence at the French court, Along a River is an innovative and engagingly written history."--Publisher's website.

Other Books

King's Daughters and Founding Mothers by Peter J. Gagné
ISBN: 9781582119502
Publication Date: 2001
Bride of New France by Suzanne Desrochers
ISBN: 9780393073379
Publication Date: 2012
Fiction
Daughters of the King and Founders of a Nation by Aimie Kathleen Runyan
ISBN: 9781243416216
Publication Date: 2011

Who are Les Filles du Roy or The Daughters of the King?

Wikipedia article
Canadian Encyclopedia
La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan, In
The purpose of La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan is to honor the memory of our courageous ancestors, the filles du roi (King's Daughters) and the soldiers of the Carignan-Salières Regiment of 17th century New France.

Film and Media

They Called us the Filles du roy
Structured as a love letter, this feature film is an impressionistic history of the women of Québec down through the ages: the Indian, the fille du Roy, the nun, the settler's wife, the soldier's wife, and, finally, today's woman.

Articles

A Fille du Roi's Passage.
Authors:
Eccles, W. J.
Source:
Canadian Historical Review. Mar1993, Vol. 74 Issue 1, p89. 3p.
The king's daughters.
Reviews the book `Les filles du roi au XVIIe siecle: Orphelines en France pionnieres au Canada,' by Yves Landry.

Subject & Keyword Search Terms

Filles du roi - Here are entered works on French girls, including royal wards, who were sent to New France between 1665 and 1671 as wives for settlers and soldiers.

Filles du roy

Daughters of the King

Filles du roi -- Biography -- Dictionaries

Women poineers -- New France -- Biography

Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France) -- Biography

New France -- Biography

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