Joseph Foullon de Doué
18th-century French politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joseph-François Foullon de Doué (25 June 1715 – 22 July 1789) was a French politician and a Controller-General of Finances under Louis XVI. A deeply unpopular figure, he has the ignominious distinction of being the first recorded person to have been lynched à la lanterne.
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Joseph-François Foullon | |
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Controller-General of Finances | |
In office 12 July 1789 – 22 July 1789 | |
Monarch | Louis XVI |
Preceded by | Jacques Necker |
Succeeded by | Claude Guillaume Lambert |
Personal details | |
Born | (1715-06-25)25 June 1715 Saumur, France |
Died | 22 July 1789(1789-07-22) (aged 74) Place de Grève, Paris, France |
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