Fouquet or Foucquet is a French surname.
Many immigrants to America anglicized their surname to either Fuqua or Fuquay upon arrival in America. [1]
Notable people with the surname include:
Nicolas Fouquet, marquis de Belle-Île, vicomte de Melun et Vaux was the Superintendent of Finances in France from 1653 until 1661 under King Louis XIV. He had a glittering career, and acquired enormous wealth. He fell out of favor, accused of peculation and lèse-majesté. The king had him imprisoned from 1661 until his death in 1680.
The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later is a novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is the third and last of The d'Artagnan Romances, following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After. It appeared first in serial form between 1847 and 1850.
Belle Isle may refer to:
Belle-Île, Belle-Île-en-Mer, or Belle Isle is a French island off the coast of Brittany in the département of Morbihan, and the largest of Brittany's islands. It is 14 kilometres from the Quiberon peninsula.
Louis Jules Mancini, 4th Duke of Nevers was a French diplomat and writer.
JeanFouquet was a French painter and miniaturist. A master of panel painting and manuscript illumination, and the apparent inventor of the portrait miniature, he is considered one of the most important painters from the period between the late Gothic and early Renaissance. He was the first French artist to travel to Italy and experience first-hand the early Italian Renaissance.
Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, Duke of Belle-Isle was a French general and statesman.
Leclerc, Le Clerc and LeClerc are typical French or Francophone surnames which can refer to:
Louis Charles Armand Fouquet, known as Chevalier de Belle-Isle, was a French general and diplomat. He was the younger brother to Marshal Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle.
Le Tellier or Letellier is a surname, and may refer to:
Charles Louis may refer to:
De Lannoy or Delannoy is a surname, and may refer to;
Jean-François Foucquet S.J., also Jean-François Fouquet, was a Burgundy French Jesuit, bishop and scientist who was active in the Jesuit China missions for 22 years. He also was Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Macedonia (1725–1741).
Jean-Baptiste Berthier (1721–1804) was an officer (Lieutenant-Colonel) in the French Corps of Topographical Engineers during the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI.
Le Borgne or Leborgne is a French surname, which means "the one-eyed". The name may refer to:
Montmorency-Laval is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Pierre-Louis or Pierre Louis is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Ancillon is a surname. Notable persons with that name include: