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Filles du Roi,
the Daughters of the King
An annotated list of Filles du Roi in the Mercier/Robideau family
And their line to JOHN EMMET MERCIER (by Teresa Mercier),
(with notes from the author of the complete list of Filles du Roi, Andre Therriault:)
    These women, known in French as the "fille du roi", agreed to travel to the new settlements in North America and marry a settler there in exchange for a 50 pound dowry from the French King. Of the nearly 1000 women who undertook the journey, about 800 made it to Canada.
     They made contracts of marriage with the men who had originally settled the New World and usually married within a few days or weeks of the contract signing. Often the women broke the contracts, only to remake them or make new contracts with other men.
The Filles du Roi were an amazing group of women.  For more about the Filles du Roi...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filles_du_roi
Open a file detailing how these women connect to the Mercier Robideau line...
 Mercier/Robideau Filles du Roi
( * SECTION TWO- The following is a list of women that "had second thoughts."  That is, they contracted marriage with one or more men prior to their actual marriage.  I am only going to list here the final marriage for each woman.)
Filles du Roi: DUVAL, Francoise 
Marriage date& place:  16 Nov 1671, Quebec, PQ       
Husband: Pierre COURAULT (COULON)

Filles du Roi: ROUX, Aimee                
Marriage date & place: 6 Feb 1670 (contract),  St. Augustin, PQ       
Husband: Emard TINON dit DESROCHES
SECTION THREE- The following is a list of "King's Daughters" from the Ile-de-France.
Filles du Roi: AUGER, Jeanne              
Marriage date & place: 26 Oct 1671,  Quebec, PQ
Husband: Sebastien NOLET

Filles du Roi: DENOT, Jeanne              
Marriage date & place: 7 Jun 1667, Quebec, PQ
Husband: Andre ROBIDOU dit L'ESPAGNOL
SECTION FOUR- The following is a list of "King's Daughters" from Normandy.
Filles du Roi: CROSNIER, Martine          
Marriage date & place: 18 Nov 1669, Chateau-Richer, PQ
Husband: Philippe DESTROISMAISONS
* SECTION SIX- The following is a list of "King's Daughters" from many areas of France
Filles du Roi: GRANDIN, Marie (Dowry of 350 livres)  * *       
Marriage date & place: 23 Sep 1670, Quebec, PQ
Husband: Jean BEAUDET

Filles du Roi: LAVAL, Claude (Dowry of 350 livres)               
Marriage date & place: 26 Oct 1671, Quebec, PQ
Husband: Louis BONNODEAU dit CHATELLERAULT

Filles du Roi: MEUNIER, Marie             
Marriage date & place: 13 Oct 1665, Quebec, PQ
Husband: Michel CHRETIEN

Filles du Roi: MOITIE, Catherine          
Marriage date & place: 19 Sep 1667, Montreal, PQ
Husband: Desire VIGER (Sailor)

Filles du Roi: PRAT, Claude               
Marriage date & place: 17 Nov 1665, Montreal, PQ
Husband: Nicolas GIARD

Filles du Roi: RENAUD, Marie
Marriage date & place: 25 Oct 1668, Quebec, PQ
Husband: Francois LEROUX dit CARDINAL
* Sections One & Five do not pertain, and are not included
* * Marie Grandin, Sent By the King; an exciting account of Marie Grandin's life as a Filles du Roi, written by  Elise Dallemagne-Cookson, my 9th cousin.  We share Marie Grandin as an ancestor.
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