- Jérôme Phélypeaux
Jérôme Phélypeaux (March 1674–
8 February ,1747 ), comte de Pontchartrain, was a Frenchpolitician , son of Louis Phélypeaux.He served as a councillor to the
parlement ofParis from 1692, and served with his father asSecretary of State of the Maison du Roi and Navy Minster from 1699 onwards. His management of theFrench Navy was criticised, but recenthistoriography has reevaulated his contributions. He directed a significant programme of explorations and encouraged the settlement and development of Louisiana. He was responsible for the creation of theAcadémie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres .His first marriage, in 1697, was with Éléonore Christine de La Rochefoucauld de Roye (known as "Mademoiselle de Chefboutonne") (1681–June 1708). Five children were born to this marriage:
#Marie Francoise Christine (1698–1701)
#Louis Francois (1700–1708), comte de Maurepas
#Jean Frédéric (1701–1781), comte de Maurepas, later comte de Pontchartrain
#Paul Jérôme (1703– ?), marquis de Chefboutonne, a soldier
#Charles Henri (1706–1734),bishop of Blois He remarried in July 1713 with Hélène de L'Aubespine (1690–1770), with whom he had two daughters.
#Marie Louise (known as "Rosalie"), (1714–1780)
#Hélène Françoise Angélique (1715-1781), who marriedLouis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais In 1715, with the death of
Louis XIV and the assumption of power by the Regent, Phélypeaux was compelled to resign his ministries in favour of his son Jean-Frédéric. Effective authority, and later the guardianship of his children, passed to his kinsman Louis Phélypeaux, marquis de La Vrillière.
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