Charles Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau, comte de Morville (30 October 1686, Paris - 2 February 1732) was a French statesman.

Son of Joseph Fleuriau d'Armenonville

Joseph Fleuriau d'Armenonville

Joseph Jean Baptiste Fleuriau d'Armenonville was a French politician.Fleuriau d'Armenonville was born in Paris and obtained a place in government service in 1683 through his brother-in-law, Claude Le Peletier de Morfontaine, then Controller-General of Finances...

, he was ambassador to Holland

Dutch Republic

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, then Secretary of State for the Navy

Secretary of State of the Navy (France)

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 from 28 February 1722 to 16 August 1723.

When cardinal Dubois

Guillaume Dubois

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 entered his death throes, the duke of Orléans

Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

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 sent Fleuriau de Morville to Versailles

Versailles

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 to lay hands on Dubois's papers and, in reward, named him Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (France)

The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs was one of the four or five specialized secretaries of state in France during the Ancien Régime. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs became a Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1791.-See also:...

on August 16 1723. He remained in this post until August 19 1727.

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• This page is a translation of its French equivalent.