Jean Cottereau
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Jean Cottereau was the royal treasurer to Louis XII of France
. He rebuilt the ancient Château de Maintenon
. Later the old château-fort was remade into a fashionable country house for Madame de Maintenon, the second wife of Louis XIV
. Clément Marot
's verse epitaphs, "De Messire Jean Cotereau, chevalier, seigneur de Maintenon," are included in his Cimitière (nos. viii, ix, and x).
Louis XII of France
Louis proved to be a popular king. At the end of his reign the crown deficit was no greater than it had been when he succeeded Charles VIII in 1498, despite several expensive military campaigns in Italy. His fiscal reforms of 1504 and 1508 tightened and improved procedures for the collection of taxes...
. He rebuilt the ancient Château de Maintenon
Château de Maintenon
The Château de Maintenon is a château situated in the Eure-et-Loir region of France. It is best known as being the private residence of the second spouse of Louis XIV, Madame de Maintenon....
. Later the old château-fort was remade into a fashionable country house for Madame de Maintenon, the second wife of Louis XIV
Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...
. Clément Marot
Clément Marot
Clément Marot was a French poet of the Renaissance period.-Youth:Marot was born at Cahors, the capital of the province of Quercy, some time during the winter of 1496-1497. His father, Jean Marot , whose more correct name appears to have been des Mares, Marais or Marets, was a Norman from the Caen...
's verse epitaphs, "De Messire Jean Cotereau, chevalier, seigneur de Maintenon," are included in his Cimitière (nos. viii, ix, and x).