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See also:COLBERT DE CROISSY, See also:CHARLES, See also:MARQUIS (1625–1696) , See also:French diplomatist, like his See also:elder See also:brother See also:Jean See also:Baptiste Colbert, began his career in the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of the See also:minister of See also:war Le Tellier. In 1656 he bought a counsellorship at the See also:parlement of See also:Metz, and in 1658 was appointed See also:intendant of See also:Alsace and See also:president of the newly-created See also:sovereign See also:council of Alsace. In this position he had to re-organize the territory recently annexed to See also:France. The steady support of his brother at See also:court gained for him several See also:diplomatic missions—to See also:Germany and See also:Italy (1659–1661). In 1662 he became marquis de Croissy and president a See also:mortier of the parlement of Metz. After various intendancies, at See also:Soissons (1665), at See also:Amiens (1666), and at See also:Paris (1667), he turned definitely to See also:diplomacy. In 1668 he represented France at the See also:conference of See also:Aix-la-Chapelle; and in See also:August of the same See also:year was sent as See also:ambassador to See also:London, where he was to negotiate the definite treaty of See also:alliance with Charles II. He-arranged the interview at See also:Dover between Charles and his See also:sister Henrietta of See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans, gained the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:personal favour by finding a See also:mistress for him, See also:Louise de Keroualle, maid of See also:honour to Madame, and persuaded him to declare war against See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland. The negotiation of the treaty of See also:Nijmwegen (1676–1678) still further increased his reputation as a diplomatist and See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV. made him secretary of See also:state for See also:foreign affairs after the disgrace of See also:Arnauld de Pomponne, brought about by his brother, 1679. He at once assumed the entire direction of French diplomacy. Foreign ambassadors were no longer received and diplomatic instructions were no longer given by other secretaries of state. It was he, not See also:Louvois, who formed the See also:idea of See also:annexation during a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:peace, by means of the See also:chambers of See also:reunion. He had outlined this See also:plan as See also:early as 1658 with regard to Alsace. His policy at first was to retain the territory annexed by the chambers of reunion without declaring war, and for this purpose he signed See also:treaties of alliance with the elector of See also:Brandenburg (1681), and with See also:Denmark (1683); but the troubles following upon the revocation of the See also:edict of See also:Nantes (1685) forced him to give up his See also:- SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
scheme and to prepare for war with Germany (1688). The negotiations for peace had been begun again when he died, on the 28th of See also:July 1696. His clerk, Bergeret, was his invaluable assistant.
Louvois, et Colbert de Croissy," in the Revue historigue, vol. xxxiv. (1887); A. See also:Waddington, Le See also:Grand Electeur et Louis XIV (Paris, 1905) ; G. Pagis, Le Grand Electeur et Louis XIV (Paris, 1905).
End of Article: COLBERT DE CROISSY, CHARLES, MARQUIS (1625–1696)
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