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Nicolas Fouquet

1615 - 1680

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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 of Finances in France from 1653 until 1661 under King Louis XIV. He had a glittering career, and acquired enormous wealth. He fell out of favor, accused of peculation (maladministration of the state's funds) and lèse-majesté (disrespect to the monarch). The king had him imprisoned from 1661 until his death in 1680. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolas Fouquet is the 2,631st most popular politician (down from 1,948th in 2019), the 837th most popular biography from France (down from 666th in 2019) and the 195th most popular French Politician.

Nicolas Fouquet was a French financier and minister of finance under King Louis XIV. He was most famous for being the first person to be imprisoned in the Bastille.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nicolas Fouquet ranks 2,631 out of 19,576. Before him are Eric V of Denmark, Choe Yong-gon, Juba I of Numidia, Filippo Maria Visconti, Henry, Count of Portugal, and Thabo Mbeki. After him are Bronisław Komorowski, C. R. Swart, Idriss Déby, Al-Aziz Uthman, George William, Elector of Brandenburg, and John I of Castile.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1615, Nicolas Fouquet ranks 4. Before him are Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire, Pope Innocent XII, and Dara Shukoh. After him are Salvator Rosa, Philip William, Elector Palatine, Govert Flinck, Marguerite of Lorraine, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Madeleine Béjart, Maria Caterina Farnese, and Heinrich Bach. Among people deceased in 1680, Nicolas Fouquet ranks 7. Before him are Gian Lorenzo Bernini, François de La Rochefoucauld, Athanasius Kircher, Shivaji, Kateri Tekakwitha, and Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine. After him are Raimondo Montecuccoli, Willem Claesz. Heda, Jan Swammerdam, Samuel Butler, Ferdinand Bol, and Elisabeth of the Palatinate.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas Fouquet ranks 837 out of 6,770. Before him are Georges Sorel (1847), Louis, Prince of Condé (1530), Louise of Savoy (1476), Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736), Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676), and Henry, Count of Portugal (1066). After him are Antoine-Jean Gros (1771), Henri Lefebvre (1901), Henri Fantin-Latour (1836), Jacques Hadamard (1865), Pierre Loti (1850), and Marina Vlady (1938).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Nicolas Fouquet ranks 195. Before him are Isabella of Hainault (1170), Richard II, Duke of Normandy (963), Louis, Prince of Condé (1530), Louise of Savoy (1476), Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736), and Henry, Count of Portugal (1066). After him are Auguste Mariette (1821), François Darlan (1881), Paul Reynaud (1878), François Bayrou (1951), Theobald I of Navarre (1201), and Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837).

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