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The Colbert family is a surviving family of the French nobility, originally from Reims, Marne. Descended from merchants and bankers established in Reims and Troyes in the 16th century, the family formed several branches which successively acceded to the nobility during the 17th century. The Troyes line, a cadet branch which is the only branch surviving today, was the first to be ennobled in 1603 by the purchase of a position as Counselor Secretary to the King.
Following Jean-Baptiste Colbert, advisor to Cardinal Mazarin who, upon the death of the Cardinal, became minister to King Louis XIV, the Colbert family knew how to benefit from the social advancement of Louis XIV's minister and to give its members access to the highest offices and functions of the kingdom. In addition to the famous minister of Louis XIV, the Colbert family gave many dignitaries to the Kingdom of France, ministers, bishops, and general officers, from the second half of the 17th century to the end of the 18th century. From Louis XIV to the French Revolution, it belonged to the high nobility of the country.




History


The first known Colbert, Jehan Colbert, was a masonry contractor in Reims, who married Marie Thuillier in 1492. They were the parents of:

Gérard Colbert, Lord of Magneux and Crèvecoeur, bourgeois of Reims, married in c. 1519 to Jeanne Thierry:
Oudard/Édouard Colbert, bourgeois of Reims, haberdashery merchant, married in c. 1548 to Marie Coquebert:
Gérard Colbert (1550–1617), merchant in Amiens, then goldsmith in Paris, grandfather, through his son Nicolas Colbert d'Acy (1595–1649): of Elisabeth Colbert (d. 1691; prioress of Saint-Louis-de-la-Rougemare Priory in Rouen); of Marie Colbert, wife of Louis de Béchameil; and of Madeleine Colbert, who married (1) Étienne Le Camus, uncle of Etienne; (2) of Claude Pellot, 1st president of the Parliament of Normandy and brother-in-law of the first Etienne Le Camus.
Jehan Colbert (1557–1596), Lord of Acy and Terron, bourgeois of Reims, civil and criminal lieutenant at the presidial of Reims in 1580, general controller of the salt taxes of Burgundy and Picardy in 1595, married in 1582 to Marie Bachelier: grandparents of the Minister Colbert.
Oudard Colbert (1560–1640), bourgeois of Troyes, merchant and banker in Troyes, advisor-secretary to the king in 1612, married in 1585 to Marie Foret (d. c. 1618), Lady of Villacerf and daughter of the wealthy Trojan merchant Nicolas Foret de Villacerf, ancestors of the surviving branch of St-Pouange, Marquis of Chabanais.




Prominent family members



Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683), the prominent minister.
Jean Baptiste Colbert, Marquis of Seignelay (1651–1690), Secretary of State of the Navy.
Jacques Nicolas Colbert (1654–1707), Abbot of Bec, Archbishop of Rouen, was elected member of the Académie Française.
Édouard Colbert, Marquis of Villacerf (1628–1699), senior official in the government of Louis XIV.
Charles Colbert de Croissy (1629–1696), a diplomat and minister.
Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Torcy (1665–1746), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Charles-Joachim Colbert de Croissy (1667–1738), Bishop of Montpellier.
Nicolas-Hubert de Mongault (1674–1746), an ecclesiastic and translator of the classics.
Pierre David de Colbert-Chabanais (1774–1853), a general of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.
Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais (1777–1809), a general of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.
Juliette Colbert de Barolo (1786–1864), a philanthropist and the founder of the Sisters of Saint Anne and the Daughters of Jesus the Good Shepherd.




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= Oudard Colbert line

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Châteaux and mansions


Château de Creully
Château du Saussay
Château de Villacerf
Hôtel Pierrard
Place des Vosges
Beuzeville-la-Guérard
Château de Flaugergues




Armorial






See also


Navarre monarchs family tree
Guiraude de Dax




Citations






References


Anselme; Fourny; Ange & Simplicien (1730). Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France (in French). Vol. 6 (3rd ed.). Paris.
La Chenaye-Desbois, F.A.A. [in French] & Badier, Jacques (1863). Dictionnaire de la Noblesse (in French). Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). Paris: Chez Schlesinger frères.
Lodge, Eleanor C. (1926). Gascony under English Rule. London: Methuen & Co. hdl:2027/uc1.$b706144.

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