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 2 - Members of the Royal Council of Finances under Louis XIV
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
Chef du Conseil
Nicolas IV de Neufville, maréchal-duc de Villeroy (1661–85)
Paul de Saint-Aignan, duc de Beauvillier (1685–1714)
François de Neufville, maréchal-duc de Villeroy (1714–30)
Chancellor
Pierre Séguier (1633–72; may not have attended unless invited by the king)
Étienne III d’Aligre (1672–77; attended as keeper of the Seals until 1674, thereafter as chancellor)
Michel II Le Tellier (1677–85)
Louis Boucherat (1685–99)
Louis II Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain (1699–1714)
Daniel-François Voysin (1714–17)
Controller General of Finances
Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1661–83; intendant of finances until 1665)
Claude Le Peletier (1683–89; thereafter until he retired from the court in 1697)
Louis II Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain (1689–99)
Michel Chamillard (1699–1708)
Nicolas Desmaretz (1708–15)
Two Directors of Finances (1701–8)
1. Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau d’Armenonville (1701–8)
2. Hilaire Rouillé du Coudray (1701–3)
Nicolas Desmaretz (1703–8)
Two Councilors of State
1. Alexandre de Sève (1661–73)
Pierre Poncet de la Rivière (1673–81)
Louis Boucherat (1681–85)
François d’Argouges de Ranes (1685–95)
Henri Daguesseau (1695–1716)
2. Étienne III d’Aligre (1661–72)
Henri Pussort (1672–97)
Auguste-Robert de Pommereu (1697–1702)
Michel Le Peletier de Souzy (1702–25)
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- Louis XIV's Assault on PrivilegeNicolas Desmaretz and the Tax on Wealth, pp. 232 - 233Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2012