Marie Deshayes: A Daughter of the King

Jean Talon, Bishop François de Laval and several settlers welcome the King’s Daughters upon their arrival. Painting by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale.

On July 3, 1668, when she was about sixteen, Marie sailed to New France on the ship, La Nouvelle France.

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