merchant
Jacques Cœur.
French merchant, one of the founders of the trade between France and the Levant
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About Jacques Cœur
Jacques Cœur was a French government official and state-sponsored merchant whose personal fortune became legendary and led to his eventual disgrace. He initiated regular trade routes between France and the Levant. His memory retains iconic status in Bourges, where he built a palatial house that is preserved to this day.
Everything about Jacques Cœur →- Occupation
- merchant, banker, ship-owner, diplomat
- Position held
- Q2860947, visitor general, Captain General of the Church
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of France
- Born
- 1395
- Died
- November 25, 1456