Note 101 — II MADAME DE MAINTENON[73]
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Torcy, son of Charles Colbert, Marquis de Croissy (brother of the great Colbert), succeeded his father as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1696. He married a daughter of Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne, who was Foreign Minister from 1671 to 1679. His Mémoires are an important source of information for the period 1697-1713.