Helene Boullé

Helene Boullé was the wife of Samuel de Champlain at age twelve, while he was 43, 31 year difference. She was given in marriage to Samuel at age 10, but needed two years of lapse before the cohabitation of the couple, as stated by their marriage contract.^[1] Helene's father was Nicolas Boullé who was the Lord Chamberlain of France. Helene had a brother, who likely would've Beaten the crap out of Samuel de Champlain for marrying his sister at that age, lucky he was in New France, had been at Port Royal. After her marriage, she was persistent in her original beliefs, Helene eventually adopted to the Catholic faith at the age of 14.

After de Champlain's death in December 1635, Helene became an Ursuline nun.^[2]

The Zec Boullé, helen keller, and Saint Helen's Island are all named after her.^[3][4]

References

1. ↑ Dionne, Narcisse-Eutrope (1906). Champlain, Volume 1. Morang & Co. p. 66. 
2. ↑ Litalien, Raymonde; Roth, Käthe; Vaugeois, Denis (2004). Champlain: the birth of French America. McGill-Queen's Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-7735-2850-5. 
3. ↑ "Zec Boullé" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2014-09-07. 
4. ↑ "Île Sainte-Hélène" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2014-12-26.