Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Fiscal System under Louis XIV
- 2 The Rise of the Administrative Monarchy
- 3 Nicolas Desmaretz and Company
- 4 Handling Ideas for Reform
- 5 The Establishment of the Dixième
- 6 After the Dixième
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1 The Conseil d’en haut, or the Council of Ministers
- Appendix 2 Members of the Royal Council of Finances under Louis XIV
- Appendix 3 Controllers General, Directors, and Intendants of Finances
- Appendix 4 Glossary of Terms
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Appendix 3 - Controllers General, Directors, and Intendants of Finances
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 February 2023
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Fiscal System under Louis XIV
- 2 The Rise of the Administrative Monarchy
- 3 Nicolas Desmaretz and Company
- 4 Handling Ideas for Reform
- 5 The Establishment of the Dixième
- 6 After the Dixième
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1 The Conseil d’en haut, or the Council of Ministers
- Appendix 2 Members of the Royal Council of Finances under Louis XIV
- Appendix 3 Controllers General, Directors, and Intendants of Finances
- Appendix 4 Glossary of Terms
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
I
September 15, 1661–December 12, 1665
Controllers General of Finances
(offices suppressed December 12, 1665)
Barthelémy Hervart
Louis Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
Intendants of Finances
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Denis Marin
II
December 12, 1665–September 6, 1683
Controller General of Finances
Jean-Baptiste Colbert (died September 6, 1683)
Intendants of Finances
Denis Marin (died June 25, 1678)
Vincent Hotman (died March 14, 1683)
Nicolas Desmaretz (appointed July 25, 1678)
III
September 7, 1683–September 20, 1689
Controller General of Finances
Claude Le Peletier (resigned September 20, 1689)
Intendants of Finances
Nicolas Desmaretz (resigned December 23, 1683)
Michel Le Peletier de Souzy (appointed January 7, 1684)
François Le Tonnelier de Breteuil (appointed January 7, 1684)
Louis II Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain (appointed April 25, 1687)
IV
September 20, 1689–September 2, 1699
Controller General of Finances
Louis II Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain (resigned September 2, 1699)
Intendants of Finances
Michel Le Peletier de Souzy
François Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
Nicolas Heudebert Dubuisson (appointed February 1690)
Louis-Urbain Lefèvre de Caumartin (appointed February 1690)
Michel Chamillard (appointed February 1690)
Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau d’Armenonville (appointed February 1690)
V
September 2, 1699–February 20, 1708
Controller General of Finances
Michel Chamillard (resigned February 20, 1708)
Directors of Finances (created February 1701; suppressed February 1708)
Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau d’Armenonville
Hilaire Rouillé du Coudray (resigned October 1703)
Nicolas Desmaretz (appointed October 22, 1703)
Intendants of Finances
Michel Le Peletier de Souzy (resigned December 23, 1700)
François Le Tonnelier de Breteuil (resigned June 1701)
Nicolas Heudebert Dubuisson
Louis-Urbain Lefèvre de Caumartin
Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau d’Armenonville (resigned February 1701)
Armand-Roland Bignon de Blanzy (appointed September 21, 1699)
Michel-Robert Le Peletier des Forts (appointed December 27, 1700)
François Guyet (appointed August 31, 1704)
Alexandre Le Rebours (appointed August 31, 1704)
VI
February 20, 1708–September 15, 1715
Controller General of Finances
Nicolas Desmaretz (resigned September 15, 1715)
Intendants of Finances
Nicolas Heudebert Dubuisson (resigned July 16, 1714)
Louis-Urbain Lefèvre de Caumartin
Armand-Roland Bignon de Blanzy (resigned August 17, 1709)
Michel-Robert Le Peletier des Forts
François Guyet
Alexandre Le Rebours
Jacques Poulletier (appointed March 31, 1708; died April 2, 1711)
Charles Henri de Malon de Bercy (appointed August 17, 1709)
Pierre Poulletier de Nainville (appointed April 2, 1711)
Louis Fagon (appointed July 16, 1714)
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- Louis XIV's Assault on PrivilegeNicolas Desmaretz and the Tax on Wealth, pp. 234 - 236Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2012