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 | 29 August 1619 Reims, France |
| Died | 6 September 1683 (aged 64) Paris, France |
| 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 | |
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- 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.