Jean-Baptiste Colbert
French statesman (1619-1683)
Jean-Baptiste Colbert was a French statesman who served as Minister of State from 1661 until his death in 1683.
Jean-Baptiste Colbert | |
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![]() Portrait de Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1655) by Philippe de Champaigne | |
First Minister of State | |
In office 9 March 1661 – 6 September 1683 | |
Monarch | Louis XIV |
Preceded by | Jules Raymond Mazarin |
Succeeded by | The Marquis of Louvois |
Secretary of State of the Navy | |
In office 7 March 1669 – 6 September 1683 | |
Monarch | Louis XIV |
Preceded by | The Marquis of Fresnes |
Succeeded by | The Marquis of Seignelay |
Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi | |
In office 16 February 1669 – 6 September 1683 | |
Monarch | Louis XIV |
Preceded by | Antoine de Ratabon |
Succeeded by | The Marquis of Louvois |
Controller-General of Finances | |
In office 12 December 1665 – 6 September 1683 | |
Monarch | Louis XIV |
Preceded by | Louis Le Tonnelier |
Succeeded by | Claude Le Peletier |
Personal details | |
Born | Reims, France | 29 August 1619
Died | 6 September 1683 Paris, France | (aged 64)
Resting place | Saint-Eustache, Paris |
Nationality | French |
Spouse(s) |
Marie Charron (m. 1648–1683) |
Children |
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Nickname(s) | Le Grand Colbert (The Great Colbert) |
Academic career | |
Institution | |
Field | |
School or tradition | Mercantilism |
Influences | |
Contributions | Colbertism |
Awards | Order of the Holy Spirit |
Signature | |
Other websites
change- Media related to Jean-Baptiste Colbert at Wikimedia Commons
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Jean-Baptiste Colbert
- Histoire de la vie et de l'administration de Colbert by Jean-Pierre Clément
- Jean-Baptiste Colbert Correspondence Archived 2022-04-10 at the Wayback Machine Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. .
- Colyar, H. A. de (1913). "JEAN BAPTISTE COLBERT". In Macdonell, John; Manson, Edward William Donoghue (eds.). Great Jurists of the World. London: John Murray. pp. 248-282. Retrieved 9 March 2019 – via Internet Archive.