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French immigration to Puerto Rico came about as a result of the economic and political situations which occurred in various places such as Louisiana (United States), Saint-Domingue and in Europe. Other important factors which encouraged French immigration to the island was the revival of the Royal Decree of Graces of 1815 in the later 19th century.
House of Henri Muraille. Le Guillou, who was the most powerful landlord and owner of slaves in the island, requested from the Spanish Crown permission to allow the immigration of French families from the Caribbean Islands of Martinique and Guadalupe which at the time were French possessions.
French immigration from mainland France and its territories to Puerto Rico was the largest in number, second only to Spanish immigrants and today a great number of Puerto Ricans can claim French ancestry; 16 percent of the surnames on the island are either French or French-Corsican.
This category lists articles on Puerto Rican people of French descent (ethnic ancestry or national origin), including naturalized immigrants and their descendants as well as Puerto Rican people born to binational parents.
In some cases, both people with the same identity were receiving medical services on the same day, in both jurisdictions, 1,600 miles apart."
Upon the outbreak of the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years' War (1754–1763), between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its North American Colonies against France, many of the French settlers fled to Puerto Rico. [33] French immigration from mainland France and its territories to Puerto Rico was the largest in number, second ...
Puerto Rico remained largely undeveloped and underpopulated until 1830, when a great number of immigrants, many coming from the Spanish provinces of Catalonia, Majorca, the Canary Islands, and many non-Spanish settlers coming from countries in good standing with Spain, like Austria, Ireland, Portugal, Italy and France, began to arrive to Puerto ...
PARIS (Reuters) -French lawmakers gave their final approval to a contested bill that toughens rules for immigrants on Tuesday, giving President Emmanuel Macron a policy victory that nonetheless ...