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Superintendency of Finances

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Superintendency of Finances — The office directing the royal finances, suppressed after Fouquet’s fall
The office that gave control of the kingdom’s finances, and which made in turn the fortune and the ruin of those who held it. (Editorial synthesis)
Recorded holder of the superintendency of Finances: Fouquet (from 1653 to 5 September 1661, his arrest).
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