About Louis Boucherat
Lived 1616 – 1699 (aged 83). Louis Boucherat was a French politician.
Louis Boucherat, count de Compans (26 August 1616 – 2 September 1699) was Chancellor of France from 1685 until his death.
Biography From a family in Troyes, Louis Boucherat was the son of Jean Boucherat, advisor to the King at the Councils of State and Privy and Master of the Courts of Accounts. Boucherat married first Françoise Marchant, and then Anne-Françoise de Loménie.
Boucherat began his career as an advisor to the Parlement of Paris in 1641 and then as Master of requests in 1643.
He served under Louis XIV as Intendant of Guyenne, Languedoc, Picardy, and Champagne and as a State Councilor in 1662. Boucherat also served as Commissioner of Languedoc and Brittany.
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Who was Louis Boucherat?
(1616-1699)
When was Louis Boucherat born?
Louis Boucherat was born on 26 August 1616 in Paris.
When did Louis Boucherat die?
Louis Boucherat died on 2 September 1699 in Paris.
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Louis Boucherat was a politician.
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Louis Boucherat was French.
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· DBpedia: Louis Boucherat, Count of Compans
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