Search results
Portrait of a young Maurepas. He was born at Versailles, of a family of administrative nobility, the son of Jérôme Phélypeaux, secretary of state for the marine and the royal household. Under the guidance of his father, his grandfather and his cousin Louis Phélypeaux, marquis de La Vrillière, Jean-Frederic was trained from childhood to be ...
Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, count de Maurepas (born July 9, 1701, Versailles, France—died Sept. 21, 1781, Versailles) was the secretary of state under King Louis XV and chief royal adviser during the first seven years of the reign of King Louis XVI.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Biographical Note. Jean-Fréderic Phélypeaux, comte de Maurepas (1701-1781) was a powerful figure in France during the reign of Louis XV, overseeing the administration of both the Royal court and the French Navy during his extended terms as Secretary of the Royal Household (1715-1749) and Secretary of the Navy (1723-1749). Born into a family ...
found: French Wikipedia, Jan. 21, 2016 (article title: Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux de Maurepas; Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de Maurepas; French politician, born Versailles, July 9, 1701, died Versailles, Nov. 21, 1781; was secrétaire d'état for the Navy under Louis XV from 1723 to 1749; after a long period of disgrace, he became ministre d'état under Louis XVI, from 1774 until his death in 1781; son of Jérôme Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain; succeeded his father in post of ...
2The three great Phelypeaux ministers were: Louis Phelypeaux, Comte de Pontchartrain (1643-1727), Jean-Frederic, Comte de Maurepas's grand-father, who served as controller-general of finances from 1689-1699, secre-tary of the marine and of the royal household, 1690-1699; and chancellor of France, 1699 to 1714. Jerome Phelypeaux, Comte de ...
The Maurepas Collection. at Cornell University. 1694-1749. Jean-Fréderic Phélypeaux, comte de Maurepas (1701-1781), served for twenty-six years as France's Secretary of the Navy and thirty-four years as Secretary of the Royal Household of Louis XV. As naval minister and liaison to the king, Maurepas served as a clearing-house for a great ...
People also ask
Who was Jean Frédéric Phélypeaux?
How many volumes of Memoires de Maurepas were there?
How did Maurepas improve France's reputation?
Why did Maurepas refuse to support Turgot?
Jean Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de Maurepas. Versailles, 1701 - Paris, 1781. Ministre à vingt-cinq ans d'intervalle de deux rois. Dès 1718, successeur de son père comme secrétaire d'État à la Marine, il y montra d'indéniables qualités de gestionnaire. Membre du Conseil d'en haut depuis 1738, il fut disgrâcié en 1749 pour avoir ...
