René Charles de Maupeou

For the French lawyer known for his effort to destroy the system of parlements, see René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou.

René Charles de Maupeou (11 June 1688 – 4 April 1775) was a French politician, and chancellor of France during King Louis XV reign.

Biography

He was born in Paris on 11 June 1688 to a family ennobled in the sixteenth century as noblesse de robe : the house of Maupeou. He died on 4 April 1775.

He is the father of René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou.

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