Jean Baptiste Colbert, Marquis of Seignelay

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Jean-Baptiste Antoine Colbert,

Life

Seignelay married twice; firstly to Marie Marguerite d'Alegre, who died in 1678. Secondly he married Catherine de Goyon (1662–1699). Catherine was a daughter of Henri Goyon and Marie Françoise Le Tellier, herself a sister of

1. Marie Jean Baptiste Colbert (known as Jean Baptiste) (1683–1712)
2. Théodore Alexandre Colbert (known as Théodore) (1690?–1695?)

Catherine later married again to

Seignelay continued his father's work of expanding the French Navy; between 1660 and 1690 the Navy increased under their control from 18 sailing vessels to some 125. While the arsenals too were reconstructed, modern studies criticise the Colberts, father and son, for concentrating on ships rather than infrastructure.

In 1675

He was succeeded as Navy Minister by

• Pierre Arnoul

Sources

• Laurent Dingli, Colbert, marquis de Seignelay. Le fils flamboyant, Paris, éditions Perrin, 1997
• Jean-Philippe Zanco, Dictionnaire des Ministres de la Marine 1689-1958, S.P.M. Kronos, Paris 2011.

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