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== Life ==
== Life ==
He was the cousin of both [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert]] and [[Michel Le Tellier]], son of Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Saint-Pouange and Claude Le Tellier, he entered the offices of the latter and served as the first war clerk. First maitre d'hotel to the queen, he was also court man and familiar with [[Louis XIV]]. In 1686, he received the appointment of general inspector of buildings from the king, which made him deputy to Louvois in the superintendence of buildings.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lf7GCQAAQBAJ|title=Chronique d'une fin de siècle sous Louis XIV|isbn=9782322018246 |last1=Nébrac |first1=Claude-Jean |date=3 June 2015 }}</ref> On the death of Louvois, Villacerf succeeded him as Superintendent of Buildings on the 28 July 1691, but held this office only by commission and not ex officio. He had married Geneviève Larcher, from whom he had, among others, Charles-Maurice Colbert, known as the Abbé de Villacerf, General Agent of the Clergy of France.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x2VYAAAAMAAJ|title=Les peintres français du XVIIIe siècle|last1=Dimier |first1=Louis |year=1928 }}</ref>
He was the cousin of both [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert]] and [[Michel Le Tellier]], son of Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Saint-Pouange and Claude Le Tellier, he entered the offices of the latter and served as the first war clerk. First maitre d'hotel to the queen, he was also court man and familiar with [[Louis XIV]]. In 1686, he received the appointment of general inspector of buildings from the king, which made him deputy to Louvois in the superintendence of buildings.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lf7GCQAAQBAJ|title=Chronique d'une fin de siècle sous Louis XIV|isbn=9782322018246 |last1=Nébrac |first1=Claude-Jean |date=3 June 2015 }}</ref> On the death of Louvois, Villacerf succeeded him as Superintendent of Buildings on July 28, 1691, but held this office only by commission and not ex officio. He had married Geneviève Larcher, from whom he had, among others, Charles-Maurice Colbert, known as the Abbé de Villacerf, General Agent of the Clergy of France.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x2VYAAAAMAAJ|title=Les peintres français du XVIIIe siècle|last1=Dimier |first1=Louis |year=1928 }}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

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Portrait of Edouard Colbert

Édouard Colbert de Villacerf (born 1628; died in Paris on 17 October 1699) was a senior official in the government of Louis XIV.[1]

Life

He was the cousin of both Jean-Baptiste Colbert and Michel Le Tellier, son of Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Saint-Pouange and Claude Le Tellier, he entered the offices of the latter and served as the first war clerk. First maitre d'hotel to the queen, he was also court man and familiar with Louis XIV. In 1686, he received the appointment of general inspector of buildings from the king, which made him deputy to Louvois in the superintendence of buildings.[2] On the death of Louvois, Villacerf succeeded him as Superintendent of Buildings on July 28, 1691, but held this office only by commission and not ex officio. He had married Geneviève Larcher, from whom he had, among others, Charles-Maurice Colbert, known as the Abbé de Villacerf, General Agent of the Clergy of France.[3]

References

  1. ^ Beausoleil, Marie-Ève (2012). "Thierry Sarmant et Mathieu Stoll, Régner et gouverner: Louis XIV et ses ministres, Paris, Perrin, 2010. 661 pages". Cahiers d'histoire. 31 (1): 155. doi:10.7202/1011686ar. ISSN 0712-2330.
  2. ^ Nébrac, Claude-Jean (3 June 2015). Chronique d'une fin de siècle sous Louis XIV. ISBN 9782322018246.
  3. ^ Dimier, Louis (1928). Les peintres français du XVIIIe siècle.