Jacques Cœur

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Jacques Cœur was a wealthy 15th-century French merchant, royal financier, and influential advisor to King Charles VII, known as one of the earliest great capitalists of France.

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instanceOf French noble
advisor
human
merchant
royal financier
activity Mediterranean trade
associatedWith Charles VII of France
Hundred Years' War
birthPlace Bourges
built Palais Jacques-Cœur
countryOfBirth Kingdom of France
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
dateOfBirth c. 1395
dateOfDeath 1456
deathPlace Chios
employer Charles VII of France
era 15th century
escapedFromCustody 1454
father Pierre Cœur
hasWorkOfArt equestrian statue in Bourges
knownFor great personal wealth
innovative commercial practices
languageSpoken French
laterServed Pope Calixtus III
linked to: Pope Callixtus III
legacy symbol of early French capitalism
notableFor being one of the earliest great capitalists of France
developing long-distance Mediterranean trade for France
financing the reign of Charles VII of France
occupation financier
merchant
royal advisor
palaceLocatedIn Bourges
patron Charles VII of France
positionHeld argentier of Charles VII of France
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Bourges
Tours
roleWithPope naval organizer against the Ottomans
socialClass bourgeoisie
spouse Macée de Léodepart
supported French reconquest during the latter phase of the Hundred Years' War
tradingPartners Italy
Levant
linked to: Levant region

Spain
wasAccusedOf embezzlement
treason
wasCondemnedIn 1453
wasImprisonedIn Bourges
Poitiers

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Palais Jacques-Cœur builtFor Jacques Cœur
Palais Jacques-Cœur namedAfter Jacques Cœur