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	Nicolas Fouquet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nicolas Fouquet (January 27, 1615 — March 23, 1680) was viscount of Melun and of Vaux, marquis de Belle-Isle, superintendent of finance in France under Louis XIV.
		Fouquet's fortune now surpassed even Mazarin's, but the latter was too deeply implicated in similar operations to interfere, and was obliged to leave the day of reckoning to his agent and successor Jean-Baptiste Colbert.
		Upon Mazarin's death Fouquet expected to be made head of the government; but Louis XIV was suspicious of his poorly dissembled ambition, and it was with Fouquet in mind that he made the well-known statement, upon assuming the government, that he would be his own chief minister.
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	Nicolas Fouquet - Wikipédia
		Nicolas Fouquet ou Foucquet (Paris, 27 janvier 1615–Pignerol, 3 avril 1680), vicomte de Melun et de Vaux, marquis de Belle-Isle était un homme d'État français.
		Nicolas Fouquet est le fils de François IV Fouquet, conseiller d'État au Parlement de Paris et associé de la Compagnie des îles d'Amérique.
		Nicolas reçoit une mission du cardinal: inventorier les papiers du Trésor de la chancellerie de Vic, où l'on conservait tous les titres du temporel de l'évêché de Metz.
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	Nicolas Fouquet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Nicolas Fouquet (1615 —; March 23, 1680) was viscount of Melun and of Vaux, marquis of Belle-Isle, superintendentof finance in France under LouisXIV.
		Fouquet's fortune now surpassedeven Mazarin's, but the latter was too deeply implicated in similar operations to interfere, and was obliged to leave the day ofreckoning to his agent and successor Jean-BaptisteColbert.
		Upon Mazarin's death Fouquet expected to be made head of the government; but Louis XIV was suspicious of his poorly dissembledambition, and it was with Fouquet in mind that he made the well-known statement, upon assuming the government, that he would behis own chief minister.
	www.therfcc.org /nicolas-fouquet-85935.html (838 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Nicolas Fouquet
		Nicolas Fouquet (1615 — March 23, 1680) was viscount of Melun and of Vaux, marquis de Belle-Isle, superintendent of finance in France under Louis XIV.
		Fouquets fortune now surpassed even Mazarins, but the latter was too deeply implicated in- similar operations to interfere, and was obliged to leave the day of reckoning to his agent and successor Colbert.
		Public sympathy was strongly with Fouquet, and Lafontaine, Madame de Svigne and many others wrote on his behalf; but when Fouquet was sentenced to banishment, the king, disappointed, commuted the sentence to imprisonment for life.
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	NICOLAS FOUQUET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Fouquets Vermögen übertraf nun sogar das Mazarins, aber letzterer war zu sehr in ähnliche Vorgänge verwickelt, als dass er hätte eingreifen können.
		Fouquet hatte enorme Summen für einen Palast auf seinem Anwesen in Vaux ausgegeben, der in Ausmaßen, Pracht und Großartigkeit der Dekoration einen Vorgeschmack auf Versailles gab.
		Fouquet wurde Anfang 1665 in die Festung von Pignerol gebracht, wo er 1680 starb.
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	Vaux-le-Vicomte Work @ GreatArtworks.com (Great Artworks) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It was built in the Baroque style, during the 17th century (1658–1661), for Nicolas Fouquet, the then superintendent of finances of Louis XIV.
		Fifteen years later, Fouquet was King Louis XIV's superintendent to finances (finance minister) and construction began on what was then the finest château and garden in France.
		After Nicolas Fouquet was arrested and imprisoned for life, and his wife exiled, Vaux-le-Vicomte was placed under sequestration.
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	Nicolas Fouquet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Born in Paris he belonged to an family of the noblesse de robe and after some preliminary schooling with Jesuits at the age of thirteen was as avocat at the parlement of Paris.
		Fouquet's fortune now surpassed Mazarin's but the latter was too deeply in similar operations to interfere and was to leave the day of reckoning to agent and successor Jean-Baptiste Colbert.
		Upon Mazarin's death Fouquet expected to be head of the government; but Louis XIV suspicious of his poorly dissembled ambition and was with Fouquet in mind that he the well-known statement upon assuming the government he would be his own chief minister.
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		Réalisé au XVII e siècle pour Nicolas Fouquet, surintendant général des Finances, le château a été construit en cinq ans par quelque 18 000 ouvriers.
		Built by Nicolas Fouquet, minister of finance to King Louis XIV, the château took five years and approximately 18,000 workers to complete.
		Fouquet invited the young Louis XIV to visit in 1661; offended by the splendor of his subject’s abode, the king ordered an investigation of Fouquet and had him arrested.
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	Nicolas Fouquet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Nicolas Konig has been appointed General Manager of La Plantation Hotel...
		To contact the reporter on this story: Helene Fouquet in Paris at hfouquet1...
		Nicolas Fouquet (1615 March 23, 1680) was viscount of Melun and of Vaux, marquis of Belle-Isle, superintendent of finance in France under Louis XIV.
	www.wikiverse.org /nicolas-fouquet (995 words)

	Nicolas Fouquet (1615-1680)
		Work on Fouquet’s palatial home was completed in 1661 and to celebrate the Minister invited the King to huge festivities given in his honour.
		Fouquet’s wealth was largely gleaned from embezzling the royal treasury however, and he was denounced by his rival
		Fouquet was arrested and at the end of a trial that lasted three years he was at first banished, then condemned to life imprisonment.
	www.site-moliere.com /ressources/fouquet.htm (204 words)

	Vaux-le-Vicomte - Slider
		Fifteen years later, Fouquet was King Louis XIV's superintendent to finances (finance minister) and construction began on what was then the finest castle and garden in France.
		In the inauguration of Fouquet's Vaux-le-Vicomte, Molière's paly was played, along with a dinner event, organized by Vatel, and showing an impressive firework show.
		Fouquet was arrested by Colbert, who would replace him as superintendent of finances, and, just as Fouquet, he would continue to improve France, and specifically Paris' Urban Landscape.
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	Paris DAY-TRIPS : Vaux-le-Vicomte - Nicolas Fouquet - History and Description
		Nicolas Fouquet, Louis XIV's Minister of Finance, assembled the triumvirate of le Vau, Le Brun, and Le Nôtre (architect, artist and landscaper) to build Vaux in 1641.
		As Voltaire later write : "At six in the evening, Fouquet was king of France, at two the next morning, he was nothing." In a trial that lasted three years, the judges voted narrowly for banishment over death.
		Fouquet was to remain imprisoned at Pignerol, in the french Alps, until his death in 1680.
	www.parisbestlodge.com /vauxlevicomte.html (418 words)

	Andere Fouquets
		Nicolas Fouquet, 1615-1680, Vicomte de Melun, Marquis de Belle Isle stammte aus einer reichen Parlamentarier Familie.
		Als Nicolas 1653 von Mazarin zum Superintendant der Finanzen ernannt wurde, waren die Staatskassen leer.Seine Aufgabe war diese wieder zu füllen, was ihm auch gelang indem er mit seinem Privatvermögen für Staatsanleihen bürgte.
		Fouquet hatte das Anwesen bereits 1641 erworben und zwischen 1650 und 1651 mit Hilfe der besten Architekten und Künstler zu einem einmaligen Kleinod ausgebaut.
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	Fouquet, Nicolas on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		FOUQUET, NICOLAS [Fouquet, Nicolas], 1615-80, superintendent of finance (1653-61) under King Louis XIV of France.
		Aroused by Jean Baptiste Colbert, who gave the king reports of Fouquet's mismanagement of funds, and made jealous by a magnificent fete he attended at Vaux, Louis XIV ordered Fouquet's arrest in 1661.
		Fouquet was sentenced (1664) to banishment, but the king, still resentful, changed the sentence to life imprisonment.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/FouquetN1.asp (326 words)

	1615. Fouquet (Nicolas) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Fouquet, remarqué par Richelieu, entre en tant que conseiller au parlement de Metz à l’âge de seize ans.
		Fouquet va commettre deux fautes qui vont précipiter son arrestation : son attitude pressante envers Mlle de La Vallière, maîtresse du roi et la fête fastueuse qu’il va donner à Vaux-le-Vicomte en l’honneur de Louis XIV le 17 août 1661.
		Nicolas Fouquet a été rendu coupable d’avoir fait ce que tant d’autres avaient fait avant lui.
	www.histoire-en-ligne.com /imprimersans.php3?id_article=178 (975 words)

	Garden of Le Nôtre at Vaux-le-Vicomte
		In 1641 Nicolas Fouquet (1615-1680), then a young member of the Paris parliament, bought this property near Melun consisting of a few fields and an old castle.
		Accused of financial malpractice, partly falsified by his enemy Colbert, Fouquet was condemned to banishment by the Paris Parliament.
		Fouquet and Le Nôtre envisaged a 'single composition' embracing the chateau and landscape; a complete composition of a house of beautiful architecture, running waters, enchanting groves and grottos and broderies of box, reminiscent of an oriental carpet.
	www.sisley.co.uk /vaux.htm (473 words)

	Nicolas Fouquet
		Seine Ernennung von der vermögenden Klasse begrüßt denn seinen Reichtum hatte Fouquet zum größten Teil durch Heirat 1651 mit Marie Castille aus einer wohlhabenden erworben.
		Fouquets übertraf nun sogar das Mazarins aber letzterer zu sehr in ähnliche Vorgänge verwickelt als er hätte eingreifen können.
		Fouquet wurde 1665 in die Festung von Pignerol gebracht er 1680 starb.
	www.uni-protokolle.de /Lexikon/Nicolas_Fouquet.html (650 words)

	▷ Vaux Le Vicomte : l'histoire du château
		Pendant dix ans sous la protection de Nicolas Fouquet, Vaux a aussi été le paradis des principaux artistes français : écrivains, poètes, peintres, sculpteurs se sont attachés à embellir Vaux avec le meilleur de leur talent.
		Fouquet est ivre du bonheur de mettre Vaux le Vicomte aux pieds du souverain qu'il a toujours servi fidèlement et il ne doute pas de mériter la fonction de premier ministre.
		Nicolas Fouquet et son épouse inauguraient Vaux le Vicomte en présence du Roi Louis XIV qui avait exprimé le désir d'en voir les derniers embellissements, de la Reine-Mère et d'une partie de la Cour.
	www.atome77.com /article-168-Vaux-Le-Vicomte-!-l'histoire-du-chateau.htm (902 words)

	Fouquet, Nicolas - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Fouquet, Nicolas
		French politician, a rival to Louis XIV's minister J-B Colbert.
		Fouquet became procureur général of the Paris parlement in 1650 and superintendent of finance in 1651, responsible for raising funds for the long war against Spain, a post he held until arrested and imprisoned for embezzlement (at the instigation of Colbert, who succeeded him).
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Fouquet,%20Nicolas (131 words)

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		Richement marié, procureur général du roi au Parlement de Paris, surintendant des Finances ordinaires et extraordinaires, Fouquet était encore en 1659 après Mazarin l'homme le plus puissant de France.
		Fouquet a vendu la seule charge qui le rendait presque inviolable, celle de procureur général du roi, il a ainsi contribué à sa propre perte...
		Emprisonné à Pignerol, Fouquet victime de la raison d'Etat y meurt en 1680.
	www.chez.com /courduroisoleil/documents/fouquet.htm (285 words)

	Vaux-le-Vicomte
		The chateau was built between 1656 and 1661 by Nicolas Fouquet, Louis XIV's finance minister.
		Fouquet appears to have entertained ideas above his station: he hired the finest designers of the day, Le Vau, Le Brun and Le N'tre, and spent a small fortune putting together what was then the finest house in all of France.
		Fouquet's widow lived on in the huge, half-empty house (the king had also stroked most of the furniture) until 1705.
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	Nicolas Fouquet
		François Fouquet, le père de Nicolas, sera un homme de confiance du cardinal de Richelieu, pour les affaires maritimes et commerciales.
		Fouquet collaborera étroitement avec l'intendant privé du cardinal Mazarin, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, descendant d'une dynastie de grands marchands-banquiers.
		Fouquet organisera, le 17 août 1661, une fête grandiose dans ce qui était devenu le plus beau château du royaume.
	www.insecula.com /contact/A005875.html (601 words)

	Vaux-le-Vicomte (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Introduction: Le château de Vaux-le-Vicomte est érigé entre 1657—61 par Nicolas Fouquet (1615—80), surintendant des finances sous Louis XIV et son régent, le Cardinal Mazarin.
		Fouquet, petit-fils d'un marchand de Nantes, s'établit en effet comme un grand seigneur, comptant dans son escorte des financiers, des diplomates, des femmes, des artistes et des hommes de lettres (y compris La Fontaine et Molière) du plus haut rang.
		Quoi qu'il en soit, le roi et Colbert considèrent Fouquet comme un insolent obstacle à leur prise du pouvoir.
	www.unl.edu /louisxiv/lnkvau.html (478 words)

	Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, France
		Descended from a line of parliamentarians, Fouquet's own father, François Fouquet, had been a trusted advisor to Cardinal Richelieu on maritime and commercial affairs.
		Fouquet's mission was to replenish the empty treasury, the better to fund Royal spending, to supply the needs of the administration and the war (against Spain), to cover the cost of court entertainments, and to satisfy the colossal greed of Mazarin.
		From his position of power, Fouquet was successful both in replenishing the royal treasury and in amassing his family's fortune.
	www.discoverfrance.net /France/Castles/Vaux-le-Vicomte1.shtml (440 words)

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		Par la volonté de Nicolas Fouquet, trois hommes unirent leur génie pour édifier ce chef d'oeuvre : l'architecte Louis Le Vau, le peintre et sculpteur Charles Le Brun et le jardinier André Le Nôtre.
		Fouquet, protecteur des "Beaux Esprits" fera de cette demeure le lieu de rencontre des plus grands parmi lesquels La Fontaine, Molière, Corneille,...
		Pour la saison 2003, Vaux le Vicomte offre à ses jeunes visiteurs un livret d'énigmes qui leur permettra de découvrir l'étonnante histoire de Nicolas Fouquet, à travers les salles du château et le jardin à la Française.
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