Jacques Cœur [SEP] occupation
Jacques Cœur
Jacques Cœur (, ; in Bourges – 25 November 1456 in Chios), was a French merchant, one of the founders of the trade between France and the Levant.
Origins.
He was born at Bourges, the city where his father, Pierre Cœur, was a rich merchant. Jacques is first heard of around 1418, when he married Macée de Léodepart, daughter of Lambert de Léodepart, an influential citizen, provost of Bourges and a former valet of John, Duke of Berry.
Publications.
- Clément, "Jacques Cœur et Charles VII" (Paris, 1866)
- Hendrik de Man, "Jacques Cœur, argentier du Roy" ["Jacques Cœur, der konigliche kaufmann Paris", 1950] (Tardy, 1951)