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3 unusual facts about Jacques Necker


Jacques Necker

A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer.

Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas

Jealous of his personal ascendancy over Louis XVI, he intrigued against Turgot, whose disgrace in 1776 was followed after six months of disorder by the appointment of Jacques Necker.

Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital

The Necker Hospital was founded in 1778 by Madame Necker, born Suzanne Curchod, mother of Madame de Stael and wife of Jacques Necker, Minister of Louis XVI.


Jean Joseph Mounier

There, and in the Constituent Assembly, he was at first an upholder of the new ideas, pronouncing himself in favour of the union of the Third Estate with the two privileged orders, proposing the famous Tennis Court Oath, assisting in the preparation of the new constitution, and demanding the return of Jacques Necker.


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