Antoine Crozat

If you find our videos helpful you can support us by buying something from amazon. https://www.amazon.com/?tag=wiki-audio-20 Antoine Crozat Antoine Crozat, marquis du Châtel , French founder of an immense fortune, was the first proprietary owner of French Louisiana, from 1712 to 1717.Born in Toulouse, France, the sons of peasants, he and his brother, Pierre, rose from obscurity to become two of the wealthiest merchants of France.By way of lending money to the government, Antoine was ennobled as the marquis du Châtel, a title he transmitted to his elder son Louis-François.He became a financial counselor to Louis XIV. =======Image-Copyright-Info======== Author Information: Jacques Aved (1702–1766) Alternative names Jacques André Joseph Camellot Aved, Aved le Batave, Le Batave Description French-Dutch painter and art collector Date of birth/death 12 January 1702 4 March 1766 Location of birth/death Douai (?) Paris Work location Amsterdam, Paris (1721-....), Brussels (ca. 1738–1740), The Hague (1751), Paris Authority control VIAF: 66581430 ISNI: 0000 0000 6629 046X ULAN: 500022915 LCCN: nr90005707 WGA: ac3130fc-1d06-4e64-8941-8e7ca9eb13fe WorldCat License: Public domain Authors: Jacques Aved (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Aved) =======Image-Copyright-Info======== -Video is targeted to blind users Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA image source in video