Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Jean-Baptiste Colbert Lord of Vandières and Cernay
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	(1619-08-29)29 August 1619 Reims, France
Died	6 September 1683(1683-09-06) (aged 64) Paris, France
Resting place	Saint-Eustache, Paris
Nationality	French
Spouse(s)	Marie Charron ​ (m. 1648⁠–⁠1683)​
Children	Jean-Baptiste Jacques Nicolas Jean-Jules-Armand
Nickname(s)	Le Grand Colbert (The Great Colbert)
Academic career
Institution	Académie française Académie royale d'architecture Académie des sciences
Field	Economics Military science Architecture
School or tradition	Mercantilism
Influences	Josiah Child Barthélemy de Laffemas
Contributions	Colbertism
Awards	Order of the Holy Spirit
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert was a French statesman who served as Minister of State from 1661 until his death in 1683.

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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). "Colbert, Jean Baptiste" . 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.

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