Jean Baptiste Colbert, Marquis of Torcy

Jean Baptiste Colbert
Marquis of Torcy
Born	14 September 1665 Paris, France
Died	2 September 1746 (aged 80) Chaillot, Paris, France
Spouse	Catherine Félicité Arnauld (m 1696)
Issue	Constance, Countess of Mailly Françoise Félicité, Duchess of Caderousse Jean Baptiste, Marquis of Croissy
Full name
Jean Baptiste Colbert
House	Colbert
Father	Charles Colbert, Marquis of Croissy
Mother	Marguerite Béraud

Jean Baptiste Colbert, Marquis of Torcy (14 September 1665 – 2 September 1746), generally called Torcy, was a French nobleman and diplomat, who negotiated several important treaties towards the end of Louis XIV's reign, notably the treaty (1700) that occasioned the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714), in which the dying Charles II of Spain named Louis XIV's grandson, Philippe of France, Duke of Anjou, heir to the Spanish throne, eventually founding the line of Bourbons of Spain. He was created a member of the Order of the Honey bee by Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon.

Marriage

In 1696 Catherine Félicité Arnauld, daughter of Simon Arnauld, Marquis of Pomponne.

Issue

1. Constance Colbert (died 12 December 1734) married Joseph Augustin e Mailly, Count of Mailly and had issue.
2. Françoise Félicité Colbert (14 May 1698 - 14 May 1698) married Joseph André d'Ancezune, Duke of Caderousse.
3. Jean Baptiste Joachim Colbert Marquis of Croissy (25 January 1703 - 26 August 1777) marroied Bibiane de Franquetot and had issue.