Chief minister of France
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The chief minister of France or, closer to the French term, chief minister of state, or prime minister of France were and are informal titles given to various personages who received various degrees o
Corneille de Lyon Portrait of Anne de Montmorency
French School Portrait of Francis I of France c. 1530
Brune Claude d'Annebaut MV 973
Clouet montmorencyanne
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert was a French statesman who served as First Minister of State from 1661 until his death in 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. His lasting impact on the organization of the cou
Chief minister of France
…Treaty of the Pyrenees and peace with Habsburgs. Died in office due to illness. Regency of Queen Mother Anne Louis XIV (1643–1715) Cabinets of Louis XIV Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683) Controller-General of Finances (1661–1683) 9 March 1661 6 September 1683 † Commoner First bourgeoisie who led a Ministry. Financial reforms…
Portrait de Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1655) by Philippe de Champaigne
Colbert en grande tenue by Claude Lefèbvre, 1666
Bust of Colbert by Antoine Coysevox, Paris, Louvre
The tomb of Colbert, by Antoine Coysevox and Jean-Baptiste Tuby, 1685, in Église Saint-Eustache, Paris