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

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
MonarchLouis XIV
Preceded byJules Raymond Mazarin
Succeeded byThe Marquis of Louvois
Secretary of State of the Navy
In office
7 March 1669 – 6 September 1683
MonarchLouis XIV
Preceded byThe Marquis of Fresnes
Succeeded byThe Marquis of Seignelay
Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi
In office
16 February 1669 – 6 September 1683
MonarchLouis XIV
Preceded byAntoine de Ratabon
Succeeded byThe Marquis of Louvois
Controller-General of Finances
In office
12 December 1665 – 6 September 1683
MonarchLouis XIV
Preceded byLouis Le Tonnelier
Succeeded byClaude Le Peletier
Personal details
Born(1619-08-29)29 August 1619
Reims, France
Died6 September 1683(1683-09-06) (aged 64)
Paris, France
Resting placeSaint-Eustache, Paris
NationalityFrench
Spouse(s)
Marie Charron (m. 1648–1683)
Children
Nickname(s)Le Grand Colbert
(The Great Colbert)
Academic career
Institution
Field
School or
tradition
Mercantilism
Influences
ContributionsColbertism
AwardsOrder of the Holy Spirit
Signature

Other websites change

  • 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.