Having offered a lavish festival for the king in the newly finished residence in 1661 ( Le Brun, Le Vau, Le Nôtre, the poet La Fontaine, the playwright Molière were all under Fouquet's patronage ), the minister was accused of misappropriation of funds and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The appointment was a popular one with the moneyed class, for Fouquet's great wealth had been largely augmented by his marriage in 1651 to Marie de Castille, who belonged to a wealthy family of the legal nobility in Spain.

In August 1661, Louis XIV, already set upon Fouquet's destruction ( his disgrace was secretly decided upon on May 4 ), was entertained at Vaux with a fête rivaled in magnificence by only one or two in French history, at which Molière's Les Fâcheux was produced for the first time.

Fouquet's story is often entwined with that of the Man in the Iron Mask, who is often identified as the true king or even as an identical twin brother of Louis XIV.

( Jean Fouquet's portrayal of the Virgin Mary with her left breast uncovered is believed to have taken Sorel as a model.

Fouquet's fortune now surpassed even Mazarin's, but the latter was too deeply implicated in similar operations to interfere, and was obliged to leave the day of reckoning to his agent and successor Jean-Baptiste Colbert.

Aramis's further aim is to enhance Fouqet's position in France so that Fouquet will become prime minister under Philippe ; Aramis plans to replace Fouquet as prime minister upon Fouquet's retirement.

One of Fouquet's most important paintings is " Melun Diptych " ( c. 1450 ), formerly in Melun cathedral.

The library of the Petit Château contains over 1300 manuscripts and 12, 500 printed volumes, including a Gutenberg Bible that is part of the collection of over 700 incunabula ), and some 200 medieval manuscripts, including one page of the Registrum Gregorii ( c. 983 ), the Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry, the Ingeborg Psalter and 40 miniatures from Jean Fouquet's Book of Hours of Etienne Chevalier.

Nicolas Fouquet's curiosity in the matter was one of the causes of his disgrace, for, when he bribed Louise, the King mistakenly thought that Fouquet was attempting to take her as a lover.

He bought depreciated rentes and had them raised to their nominal value by the treasury ; he extorted gifts from the financiers for his protection, being Fouquet's confidant in many operations of which he shared the profits.

The king however felt upstaged by the grandeur of the home and event and, suspecting that such magnificence could only be explained through Fouquet's pilfering the royal treasury, three weeks later had d ' Artagnan arrest Fouquet.

Arrival of the Second Crusade before Constantinople as portrayed in Jean Fouquet's painting from around 1455 – 1460, Arrivée des croisés à Constantinople.

Traditionally home to popular brands, as well as luxury brands Louis Vuitton, Hugo Boss, Lancel, Guerlain, Lacoste, Hôtel de la Païva, Élysée Palace and Fouquet's, the Avenue des Champs-Élysées confirms its world-class appeal as a prime real estate location: it has lately seen the opening of new big upscale shops such as the biggest Adidas store in the world.

Fouquet's intentions were to flatter the King: part of Vaux-le-Vicomte was actually constructed specifically for the king, but Fouquet's plan backfired.

Fouquet's coat of arms.

The splendour of the entertainment sealed Fouquet's fate.

There, Eustache Dauger, the man identified in contemporary official correspondence as the Man in the Iron Mask, served as Fouquet's manservant.

The postmaster of Paris, a spy of Fouquet's, read the letter, leading to a dispute which Mazarin attempted to suppress.

Fouquet's fall, it should be noted, simultaneously secured Colbert's own advancement.

At that location, not long after Fouquet's visit, the Viennese art trader Theodor Graf found several further images, which he tried to sell as profitably as possible.

Fouquet's cell was above that of Lauzun.

After Fouquet's death in 1680, Saint-Mars discovered a secret hole between Fouquet and Lauzun's cells.

Louvois instructed Saint-Mars to move Lauzun to Fouquet's cell and to tell him that Dauger and La Rivière had been released.

He was eventually allowed to meet another prisoner, Fouquet, but before that time he managed to find a way through the chimney into Fouquet's room, and on another occasion succeeded in reaching the courtyard in safety.

Married or not, Lauzun was openly courting Nicolas Fouquet's daughter, whom he had seen at Pignerol.

Despite Fouquet's rescue, Louis orders d ' Artagnan to arrest Fouquet.

From early in life, the notorious rivalry led to several outbreaks of civil war.

Throughout the life of the ST and Amiga platforms, a ferocious Atari-Commodore rivalry raged.

A pivotal period in Prentice McHoan's life is described, seen through his preoccupations with death, sex, his relationship with his father, unrequited love, sibling rivalry, a missing uncle, relationships, drink ( and other intoxicants ) and God, with the background a celebration of the Scottish landscape.

Conall would have a fierce rivalry with Cet for the rest of his life.

It seems that rather than trying to avoid a Strauss rivalry, the elder Strauss only wanted his son to escape the rigours of a musician's life.

Krabs shares a powerful rivalry with his nemesis, Plankton, whose main goal in life is to snatch the secret formula for Krabby Patties and take over the world.

Even the change of government due to the French Revolution seemed to intensify rather than diminish the rivalry, and the Napoleonic Wars included a series of legendary naval battles, culminating in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, by which Admiral Horatio Nelson broke the power of the French and Spanish fleets, but lost his own life in so doing.

This became the beginning of an inferiority complex and would-be rivalry that would influence his life.

Unflagged by his famous rivalry with Didot, in his life Bodoni designed and personally engraved 298 typefaces, and the various printing houses he managed produced roughly 1, 200 fine editions.

Some typical conflicts and long running plotlines included Miller's frustration with red tape and paperwork, his constant efforts to maintain peace, order, and discipline, and his numerous failed attempts to get a promotion ; Harris's preoccupation with outside interests, such as his living arrangements but mainly his novel ( Blood On The Badge ), and his inability to remain focused on his police work ; Fish's age-related health issues, marital problems, and reluctance to retire ; Wojciehowicz's impulsive behavior and love life ; Luger's nostalgia for the old days with partners Foster, Kleiner and " Brownie " Brown ; Levitt's quest to become a detective ( which was eventually successful ); the rivalry between the precinct's resident intellectuals, Harris and Dietrich and continually — but reliably — bad coffee ( usually made by Yemana ).

Otherwise, he engaged in rivalry competitions that once nearly cost him life ; the fanatic supporters of the soprano Luisa Todi, his bitter rival, attempted to poison him in 1791.

While many feuds in professional wrestling are entirely fictional, there have been successful feuds that actually originated from a real life rivalry and / or animosity between wrestlers.

Like Lalah Sune before her, she cements Kamille's side of the rivalry with Jerid: while finally escaping Titans clutches, she was killed by Jerid in the attempt to save Kamille's life.

In this context, one can synonymously equate art with death, whereas the relationship between art and life is consequently considered as a rivalry.

Its purpose was to break down society lines and to destroy rivalry in the student body, to improve student life and increase patriotism.

The successful rivalry of his supplanter, Andrei Osterman, prevented Shafirov from holding any high office during the last fourteen years of his life.

Court life was consumed by rivalry centered on alignments with these two regents rather than on issues of national administration.

As in real life, the sporting rivalry was at its most bitter between the two most populous and politically powerful colonies, New South Wales and Victoria.

His rivalry with Napoleon landed him in a dungeon and led to his early death, but his life inspired his identically named son to write books like “ The Count of Monte Cristo ” and “ The Three Musketeers .”

It is based on a play that depicted the real life rivalry between George Leybourne, who first performed the song of that name, and Alfred Vance.

This was further evidenced when Kitty caught Randy and Donna kissing in Eric's bedroom, and she accused Donna of replacing Eric with Randy, departing from her usual rivalry with Donna over being the main woman in Eric's life.

“ We, recognizing the evils and wrongs that must beset men so long as our social life is based upon selfishness, rivalry, and ignorance, and desiring above all things to supplant it by a life based upon unselfishness, love, and wisdom, unite, for the purpose of realizing the higher life among ourselves, and of inducing and enabling others to do the same.