Jean Baptiste Colbert

Jean Baptiste Colbert
Controller-General o Finances
In office 1665–1683
Meenister for the Maison du Roi
In office 1665–1683
Naval Meenisters
In office 1665–1683
Personal details
Born	29 August 1619(1619-08-29) Reims, Kinrick o Fraunce
Dee'd	6 September 1683(1683-09-06) (aged 64) Paris, Kinrick o Fraunce
Restin place	Kirk o Saint Eustache, Paris
Naitionality	French
Spoose(s)	Marie Charron
Bairns	Jeanne Marie, Duchess o Luynes Jean Baptiste, Marquis o Seignelay Nicolas, Airchbishop o Rouen Henriette, Marquise o Saint-Aignan Jules, Marquis o Blainville Charles, Coont o Sceaux Marie Anne, Duchess o Mortemart
Alma mater	Varsity o Paris
Religion	Roman Catholic
Eikname(s)	Le Grand Colbert (The Great Colbert)

Jean Baptiste Colbert (French: [ʒɑ̃.ba.tist kɔl.bɛʁ]; 29 August 1619 – 6 September 1683) wis a French politeecian who served as the Meenister of Finances o Fraunce frae 1665 tae 1683 unner the rule o Keeng Louis XIV.

Mairiage

On 13 December 1648 Colbert mairit Marie Charron.

Issue

1. Jeanne Marie Colbert (1650-1732) mairit Charles Honoré d'Albert, Duke o Luynes.
2. Jean Baptiste Colbert (1651-1690), Marquis o Seignelay.
3. Jacques Nicolas Colbert (1654-1707) Airchbishop o Rouen.
4. Antoine Martin Colbert (1659-1689) militar man.
5. Henriette Louise Colbert (1657-1733) mairit Paul de Beauvilliers, Duke o Saint-Aignan.
6. Jean Jules Armand Colbert (1664-1704), Marquis o Blainville.
7. Marie Anne Colbert (1665-1750) mairit Louis de Rochechouart, Duke o Mortemart (nephew o Madame de Montespan an son o the Duke o Vivonne) an haed issue.
8. Louis Colbert (1667-1745) Coont o Linières an militar man.
9. Charles Édouard Colbert (1670-1690), Coont o Sceaux.