Notable Descendants
- Saint André Bessette, descendant of fille du roi Anne Le Seigneur.
- Hillary Clinton, descendant of fille du roi Jeanne Ducorps dite Leduc.
- Angelina Jolie, descendant of fille du roi Denise Colin.
- Hall of Fame hockey player Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion was a direct descendant of Marie Priault, a King's daughter who married Pierre Joffrion, a farmer and former grenadier from the Carignan-Salières Regiment shortly after her arrival in 1669.
- One of the descendents of Catherine Guichelin became a founding father of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's capital. Louis Coutlée descended from one of Catherine's illegitimate children (Marie Vacher). He was the first sheriff of Ottawa (after serving in the lower Canadian Militia during the Anglo-American War of 1812 with his father.)
- Coutlee's son, Dominique-Amable Coutlee, served as a member of Parliament in Canada.
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