Jérôme Phélypeaux (March 1674 – 8 February 1747), ''comte de'' (count of) Pontchartrain, was a French statesman, son of Louis Phélypeaux. He served as a councillor to the parlement of Paris from 1692, and served with his father as

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and Navy Minister from 1699 onwards. His management of the

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was criticised, but recent

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has reevaluated his contributions. He directed a significant programme of explorations and encouraged the settlement and development of

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. He was responsible for the creation of the

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. 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 Françoise Christine (1698–1701) #Louis François (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),

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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 married

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In 1715, with the death of

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and the assumption of power by the

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, 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

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Bibliography

* Sara E. Chapman, ''Private Ambition and Political Alliances the Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain Family and Louis XVI's Government, 1650-1715.'' Rochester N.Y. : University of Rochester Press, 2004. . * Charles Frostin, ''Les Pontchartrain, ministres de Louis XIV'', Presses universitaires de Rennes, Rennes, 2006. * Jean-Yves Nerzic, ''La place des armements mixtes dans la mobilisation de l'arsenal de Brest sous les deux Pontchartrain (1688-1697 & 1702-1713)'', Ed. H&D, 2010, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Phelypeaux, Jerome 1674 births 1747 deaths Secretaries of State of the Navy (France) Secretaries of State of Ancien Régime France Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres