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Jean Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas (9 July 1701 – 21 November 1781) was a French statesman and Count of Maurepas. Biography. Early years. Portrait of a young Maurepas. He was born at Versailles, of a family of administrative nobility, the son of Jérôme Phélypeaux, secretary of state for the marine and the royal household.
Sep 17, 2024 · Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, count de Maurepas (born July 9, 1701, Versailles, France—died Sept. 21, 1781, Versailles) was the secretary of state under King Louis XV and chief royal adviser during the first seven years of the reign of King Louis XVI.
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Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas Portrait by L-M Van Loo studio about 1736. From an early age the Comte de Maurepas was groomed for the position of a minister. Indeed his father purchased him the role of Secretary of State to France. In 1718 he became Minister of the Royal Household.
Jean Frédéric Phélippeaux, comte de Maurepas (1701 - 1781) RA Collection: People and Organisations. Profile. Born: 1701. Died: 1781. Gender: Male. Share. Associated books. 1 results. Augustin-Charles d' Aviler.
The Maurepas Collection. at Cornell University. 1694-1749. Jean-Fréderic Phélypeaux, comte de Maurepas (1701-1781), served for twenty-six years as France's Secretary of the Navy and thirty-four years as Secretary of the Royal Household of Louis XV.
Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de Maurepas (9 July 1701 – 21 November 1781) was a French statesman. He was born at Versailles, the son of Jérôme Phélypeaux, secretary of state for the marine and the royal household.
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Phelypeaux family fortunes but to review the achievements of the last great Phelypeaux minister of the colonies, Jean-Frederic, comte de Pontchartrain and Maurepas, to reflect upon his interest in the New World, and to comment upon the sale of certain of his family papers at the Parke-Bernet Galleries in 1962.
