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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 68 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VET, See also:JEAN (c. 1370-c. 1440), called the See also:president of See also:Provence, occupied the position of president of the Chambre See also:des Comptes at See also:Aix in 1415. Towards the end of that See also:year he went to See also:Paris with See also:Louis II. of See also:Anjou, See also:king of See also:Sicily, attached himself to the dauphin See also:Charles, and after having been See also:chief steward of the See also:household to See also:Queen See also:Isabella he turned against her. He was one of the See also:principal agents of the See also:Armagnac party, and became the most influential adviser of Charles VII. during the first years of his reign. But his rapacity gained him enemies, and when the See also:constable See also:Arthur, See also:earl of See also:Richmond, attained a preponderating See also:influence over Charles VII. Louvet retired to his captaincy of See also:Avignon. He still remained a personage of importance in his See also:exile, and played an influential See also:part even in his last years. See Vailet de Viriville in the Nouvelle Biographic generale, and G. du Fresne de Beaucourt, Histoire de Charles VII. (1881-1891). (J.

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