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Nicolas Fouquet, marquis de Belle-Île, vicomte de Melun et Vaux ( French pronunciation: [nikɔla fukɛ]; 27 January 1615 – 23 March 1680) was the Superintendent of Finances in France from 1653 until 1661 under King Louis XIV. He had a glittering career, and acquired enormous wealth.
Nicolas Fouquet (born 1615, Paris—died March 23, 1680, Pignerol, Fr.) was a French finance minister in the early years of the reign of Louis XIV, the last surintendant (as opposed to contrôleur général), whose career ended with his conviction for embezzlement.
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Nicolas Fouquet, marquis de Belle-Île, vicomte de Melun et de Vaux, né le 27 janvier 1615 à Paris et mort le 23 mars 1680 à Pignerol, est un homme d'État français.
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- 27 janvier 1615Paris, Royaume de France
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Nicolas Fouquet was a wealthy and influential parliamentarian who became the Superintendent of Finance under Louis XIV. He built Vaux-le-Vicomte, a magnificent château, to impress the king, but was betrayed by his rival Colbert and imprisoned for life.
Jul 28, 2022 · Nicolas Fouquet (1615-1680), who created Vaux-le-Vicomte and its famous gardens, reunited on this project for the first time, the famous architect Louis le Vau (1612-1670), the decorative painter and interior designer Charles Le Brun (1619-1690) and the landscape gardener André Le Nôtre (1613-1700).
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Nicolas Fouquet spent the last eighteen years of his life in prison, locked in the fortress of Pignerol. On the death of her son in 1705, Marie-Madeleine de Castille, wife...
May 18, 2022 · Nicolas Fouquet - DESPISED By Louis XIV: Nicolas Fouquet, Marquis de Belle-Île, Viscount of Melun and Vaux was born on 27 January 1615 in Paris and died 23 March 1680 in Pignerol, was a...
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