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Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, count de Maurepas: Quick Facts

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Born July 9, 1701 • Versailles • France
Died September 21, 1781 (aged 80) • Versailles • France

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Maurepas, engraving by Dupin de Franlieu, 18th century
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