This man rose to power after his chief rival was undermined by a party held at Vaux-le-Vicomte.  He founded the city of Rochefort after deciding that its harbor would be easily fortified, and Pierre-Paul Riquet designed the Canal du Midi under his direction.  In addition to establishing the Code Noir, which dealt with slave labor, he founded the Acad?ie des Sciences.  He was succeeded by Jean de la Fontaine as a member of
This man rose to power after his chief rival was undermined by a party held at Vaux-le-Vicomte.  He founded the city of Rochefort after deciding that its harbor would be easily fortified, and Pierre-Paul Riquet designed the Canal du Midi under his direction.  In addition to establishing the Code Noir, which dealt with slave labor, he founded the Acad?ie des Sciences.  He was succeeded by Jean de la Fontaine as a member of the Acad?ie Fran?ise upon his death in 1683, though he is better known for giving pensions to other writers than for his own writings.  FTP, name this proteg?of Cardinal Mazarin who supplanted Nicholas Fouquet and became minister of finance to Louis XIV.
This man rose to power after his chief rival was undermined by a party held at Vaux-le-Vicomte.  
Jean-Baptiste Colbert