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René Charles de Maupeou

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René Charles de Maupeou

René Charles de Maupeou (11 June 1688 – 4 April 1775) was a French politician, and chancellor of France during King Louis XV reign.

Biography

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He was born in Paris on 11 June 1688 to a family ennobled in the sixteenth century as noblesse de robe : the house of Maupeou. He died on 4 April 1775.

He is the father of René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou.