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Jean Cottereau

French civil serant

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Jean Cottereau was the royal treasurer to King Louis XII of France. In 1509, he purchased the old castle in Maintenon, and rebuilt it, transforming it into the Château de Maintenon. Later, it was remade into a fashionable country house for Madame de Maintenon, the second wife of Louis XIV.

Occupation: financier
Position held: Maître d'hôtel du roi, Trésorier de France
Died: February 8, 1530

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Jean Cottereau was the royal treasurer to Louis XII of France. He rebuilt the old castle in Maintenon, transforming it into the Château de Maintenon. Later, it was remade into a fashionable country house for Madame de Maintenon, the second wife of Louis XIV. Clément Marot's verse epitaphs, "De Messire Jean Cotereau, chevalier, seigneur de Maintenon", are included in his Cimitière (nos. viii, ix, and x). References Treasury officials French civil servants

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