François Vatel

François Vatel
Detail from an imaginative engraving of the suicide of Vatel – of whom there is no surviving visual evidence – by Silvestre David Mirys, 1805
Born1625, 1631, or 1635
Switzerland or Paris, France
DiedApril 1671 (age 46, 40, or 36)
Chantilly, Oise, France
Cause of deathSuicide
OccupationAdministrator

François Vatel (French: [fʁɑ̃swa vatɛl]; 1631 – 24 April 1671) was the majordomo (in French, maître d'hôtel) of Nicolas Fouquet and prince Louis, Grand Condé.

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