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Choiseul, Etienne François

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Choiseul, Etienne François (1719–1785)

French politician. Originally a protégé of Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV, he became minister for foreign affairs in 1758, and held this and other offices until 1770. He banished the Jesuits, and was a supporter of the Enlightenment philosophers Diderot and Voltaire. He was made duke in 1758.



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