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    king Louis XIV, Colbert aimed the first blow at the man accused of being the greatest of the royal embezzlers, the superintendent Nicolas Fouquet. Fouquet's...
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    Jacques Nicolas Colbert (14 February 1655, in Paris – 10 December 1707, in Paris) was a French churchman. Youngest son of Minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert, he...
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    son Nicolas Colbert d'Acy (1595–1649): of Elisabeth Colbert (d. 1691; prioress of Saint-Louis-de-la-Rougemare Priory [fr] in Rouen); of Marie Colbert, wife...
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  • Louisiana politician Jacques-Nicolas Colbert (1655–1707), French churchman, son of Jean-Baptiste Colbert James Colbert (1890–1970), Irish politician...
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    Isaac Casaubon 1614–1645: Nicolas Rigault 1645–1651: Pierre Dupuy 1651–1656: Jacques Dupuy [fr] 1656–1676: Nicolas Colbert [fr]; Pierre de Carcavi (1663-1683)...
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    modern studies criticise the Colberts, father and son, for concentrating on ships rather than infrastructure. In 1675, Nicolas Boileau dedicated his ninth...
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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...
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    Vic (also archbishop of Auch) 1661–1664: vacant 1664–1707: Jacques-Nicolas Colbert (also archbishop of Rouen) 1707–1717: Roger de La Rochefoucauld 1717–1771:...
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    Jean-François Regnard, French comic poet (d. 1709) February 14 – Jacques-Nicolas Colbert, French churchman (d. 1707) February 15 – August, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig...
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  • members of the Fronde. His grandmother Jeanne-Marie Colbert was a daughter of the famous Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV's minister of finance. His great-aunt...
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    of Villiers-sur-Fère, a benefice granted him by his patron, Jacques-Nicolas Colbert. In this retirement he devoted the remainder of his life to his ascetical...
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  • abolished following the arrest of Nicolas Fouquet; his powers were transferred to First Minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who would become ex officio Controller-General...
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    French television soap opera created by Frédéric Chansel, Laure de Colbert, Nicolas Durand-Zouky, Éline Le Fur, Fabienne Lesieur and Jean-Marc Taba. It...
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    Marshal Nicolas Soult, who was pursuing Sir John Moore's British army in its retreat to A Coruña. On the Astorga road not far from Villafranca, Colbert's troopers...
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    Jean-François Regnard, French comic poet (d. 1709) February 14 – Jacques-Nicolas Colbert, French churchman (d. 1707) February 15 – August, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig...
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    Henri IV, Louis XIV, and chancellor Séguier. Jacques-Nicolas Colbert, the son of Jean-Baptiste Colbert and Archbishop of Rouen, further embellished the château...
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    (1663–1728) Louis-Nicolas, Marquis de Souvré Louis François Marie, Marquis Barbezieux Camille de Louvois Margaret (died 1711), married Louis Nicolas de Neufville...
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    (1651–1672) François IV Rouxel de Médavy de Grancey (1672–1691) Jacques-Nicolas Colbert (1691–1707) Claude-Maur d'Aubigné (1708–1719) Armand Bazin de Bezons...
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  • The Man in the Iron Mask (1977 film) (category Cultural depictions of Jean-Baptiste Colbert)
    XIV and his twin Philippe, Patrick McGoohan as Nicolas Fouquet, Ralph Richardson as Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis Jourdan as D'Artagnan, and Ian Holm as...
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  • 1335, 1342, 1445, and 1581. The synod held by Archbishop Jacques-Nicolas Colbert in 1699 condemned Fénelon's Maximes des Saints. The last provincial...
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    a decree of the king's council in 1702, at the request of Jacques-Nicolas Colbert, Archbishop of Rouen. The archbishop of Lyon is the metropolitan of...
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  • Habert, 1634–1638, poet Jacques Esprit, 1639–1678, politician Jacques-Nicolas Colbert, 1678–1707, ecclesiastic Claude-François Fraguier, 1707–1728, ecclesiastic...
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    who affiliated the abbey to the Congregation of St. Maur; Jacques-Nicolas Colbert (1665), later archbishop of Rouen; Charles Maurice Le Tellier (1680–1710);...
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    the Sorbonne led to his selection by Jean-Baptiste Colbert as tutor to his son, Jacques Nicolas Colbert, afterwards archbishop of Rouen. Alexandre obtained...
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  • This is the list of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert episodes that aired in 2023. Production was ceased from May 2 to October 2 due to the 2023 Writers...
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    Among her siblings were brothers Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay and Jacques-Nicolas Colbert, the Archbishop of Rouen. Together, they were...
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    Charles Joachim Colbert (11 June 1667 – 8 April 1738) was a bishop of Montpellier from 1697. He was a son of Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy and a...
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    Jean-Baptiste Colbert, minister to the King, inaugurated the new office of Lieutenant General of Police of Paris in 1667. The edict which Colbert presented...
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    Bois-Bonnet, Clos-Lainé, Cocteau, Colbert, La Renarde, Montebello Four elementary schools: Jehan Alain/André Ledreux, Colbert, Le Prieuré, Mansart Junior high...
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    Jean-Nicolas Stofflet (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ nikɔlɑ stɔflɛ]; 3 February 1753 – 25 February 1796) was a French leader of the Revolt in the Vendée...
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