Fouquet 1661

From 1642 to 1650, he held various intendancies, at first in the provinces and then with the army of chief minister Cardinal Mazarin
and, coming thus in touch with the court, was permitted in 1650 to buy the important position of procureur général to the parlement of Paris.
During Mazarin's exile, Fouquet remained loyal to him, protecting his property and keeping him informed of the situation at court.
Nicolas Fouquet. Wikipedia
The Free Encyclopedia. September 5, 2022

Nicolas Fouquet, marquis de Belle-Île, vicomte de Melun et Vaux (23 February 1615 – 23 March 1680) was the Superintendent of Finances
in France from 1653 until 1661 under King Louis XIV. He had a glittering career, and acquired enormous wealth. He fell out of favor,
accused of peculation (maladministration of the state's funds) and lèse-majesté (actions harmful to the well-being of the monarch).
The king had him imprisoned from 1661 until his death in 1680.

By August 1661, Louis XIV was already set upon Fouquet's destruction
(his disgrace was secretly decided upon on 4 May
. Louis was entertained at Vaux with a fête rivaled in magnificence by only one or two others in French history, at which
Molière's Les Fâcheux was produced for the first time. The splendour of the entertainment sealed Fouquet's fate.
But the king, then only 22 years old, was afraid to act openly against so powerful a ministe