{"id":2391,"date":"2015-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/19\/la-chute-de-ce-ministre-fouquet-a-qui-on\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T09:15:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:15:15","slug":"la-chute-de-ce-ministre-fouquet-a-qui-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/la-chute-de-ce-ministre-fouquet-a-qui-on\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00ab La chute de ce ministre [Fouquet] \u00e0 qui on&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fouquet.jpg\" alt=\"Fouquet citation\" title=\"Fouquet citation\" width=\"250\" height=\"318\"><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation\"><span class=\"enonce\">\u00ab\u00a0La chute de ce ministre [Fouquet] \u00e0 qui on avait bien moins de reproches \u00e0 faire qu\u2019au cardinal Mazarin, fit voir qu\u2019il n\u2019appartient pas \u00e0 tout le monde de faire les m\u00eames fautes.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span data-href=\"\/auteurs\/francois-marie-arouet-dit-voltaire\"><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"name\"><span class=\"caps\">VOLTAIRE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> (1694-1778), <cite>Le Si\u00e8cle de Louis\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span><\/cite> (1751)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">Richelieu avant Mazarin et Colbert apr\u00e8s Fouquet ont aussi profit\u00e9 de leur place dans l\u2019\u00c9tat pour s\u2019enrichir. Mais Fouquet voulut \u00e9blouir le roi qui voulait seul \u00e9blouir le monde.<\/p>\n<p>Son arrestation est le premier acte politique du r\u00e8gne\u00a0: Louis\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span> prenant ainsi le pouvoir surprend tout son entourage.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Fouquet a sauv\u00e9 sa vie profonde, laissant Colbert condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 ramer sur la gal\u00e8re mondaine, avec des gants parfum\u00e9s. Les dieux n\u2019aiment pas l\u2019homme heureux.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"862\" class=\"cit-num\">862<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Paul <span class=\"caps\">MORAND<\/span> (1888-1976),<em> Fouquet ou le soleil offusqu\u00e9<\/em> (1961)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Au terme d\u2019un proc\u00e8s de trois ans, plein d\u2019irr\u00e9gularit\u00e9s, Nicolas Fouquet est condamn\u00e9 pour abus, malversations et l\u00e8se-majest\u00e9, \u00e0 la confiscation de ses biens et au bannissement, peine que Louis <span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span> transforme en prison perp\u00e9tuelle. Il est enferm\u00e9 \u00e0 la forteresse de Pignerol. La date et les circonstances de sa mort restent un myst\u00e8re \u2013 il est l\u2019un des possibles \u00ab\u00a0masques de fer\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Baptiste Colbert lui succ\u00e8de en 1661 comme intendant des Finances \u2013 le poste de surintendant \u00e9tant supprim\u00e9.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Quo non ascendet\u00a0?\u00a0\u00bb<br>\u00ab\u00a0Jusqu\u2019o\u00f9 ne montera-t-il pas\u00a0?\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"862\" class=\"cit-num\">862<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Nicolas <span class=\"caps\">FOUQUET<\/span> (1615-1680), devise figurant dans ses armes, sous un \u00e9cureuil<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Il monta si haut\u2026 que le roi ne put le tol\u00e9rer.<\/p>\n<p>Fils d\u2019un conseiller au Parlement, vicomte de Vaux, enrichi par le commerce avec le Canada, Nicolas Fouquet ach\u00e8te la charge de procureur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral au Parlement de Paris, devient ami de Mazarin, surintendant des Finances, s\u2019enrichit encore, se paie le marquisat de Belle-Isle, y \u00e9tablit une force militaire personnelle et m\u00eame des fortifications. Au ch\u00e2teau de Vaux qu\u2019il fait construire, il sera le m\u00e9c\u00e8ne des plus prestigieux artistes du temps\u00a0: La Fontaine, Moli\u00e8re, Poussin, Le Vau, Le Brun.<\/p>\n<p>Colbert, qui brigue sa place, apporte la preuve qu\u2019une telle fortune fut acquise au prix de graves malversations. Invit\u00e9 \u00e0 une f\u00eate somptueuse \u00e0 Vaux, 5 septembre 1661, Louis <span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span> fait arr\u00eater son surintendant.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Garantissez-moi de mes amis, je saurai bien me d\u00e9fendre de mes ennemis.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"860\" class=\"cit-num\">860<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Jean H\u00e9rault de <span class=\"caps\">GOURVILLE<\/span> (1625-1703). <em>Consid\u00e9ration sur l\u2019esprit et les moeurs<\/em> (1787), Gabriel S\u00e9nac de Meilhan<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Proscrit et fugitif, entra\u00een\u00e9 dans la disgr\u00e2ce de Fouquet. Le surintendant d\u00e9chu sera soutenu par ses amis, La Fontaine, Mme de S\u00e9vign\u00e9, Mlle de Scud\u00e9ry. Leur fid\u00e9lit\u00e9 dans l\u2019\u00e9preuve plaide en leur faveur, comme en la sienne.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"louis xiv citations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/boutique\/volume-3\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/histoire-en-citations-volume-3-9.jpg\" alt=\"Louis xiv citations\" title=\"Louis xiv citations\" style=\"float: left;margin: 10px\" width=\"165\" height=\"220\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"louis xiv citations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/boutique\/volume-3\" target=\"_blank\">Feuilletez notre Chronique sur le Si\u00e8cle de Louis <span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span> pour tout savoir.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\r\n        a .cit-num {\r\n            text-decoration: none !important;\r\n            color: inherit !important;\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab\u00a0La chute de ce ministre [Fouquet] \u00e0 qui on avait bien moins de reproches \u00e0 faire qu&#8217;au cardinal Mazarin, fit voir qu&#8217;il n&#8217;appartient pas \u00e0 tout le monde de faire les m\u00eames fautes.\u00a0\u00bb VOLTAIRE (1694-1778), Le Si\u00e8cle de Louis\u00a0XIV (1751) Richelieu avant Mazarin et Colbert apr\u00e8s Fouquet ont aussi profit\u00e9 de leur place dans l&#8217;\u00c9tat 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