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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-Fréderic Phélypeaux, comte de Maurepas (1701-1781) was a powerful figure in France during the reign of Louis XV, overseeing the administration of both the Royal court and the French Navy during his extended terms as Secretary of the Royal Household (1715-1749) and Secretary of the Navy (1723-1749).
Biography. Statesman, son of Jérôme Phélypeaux (q.v.); secretary of state for the marine at the age of fourteen (1715) and the royal household at the age of seventeen (1718); deprived of his functions and exiled from Paris in 1749 because of an epigram against Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV's mistress, but returned as Minister of State to ...
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Jean Frédéric Phélypeaux, Comte de Maurepas (1701-1781) held the position of Secretary to the Royal Household and Minister of Marine in the court of Louis XV. He succeeded his father as State Secretary at age fourteen, and thereafter became one of the most powerful nobles at the French court.