Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan

Armand de Rohan (Armand Gaston Maximilien; 26 June 1674 – 19 July 1749) was a French churchman and politician. He became Bishop of Strasbourg in 1704, Cardinal in 1712 then Grand Almoner of France in 1713 and member of the regency council in 1722.



Armand de Rohan
Cardinal, Bishop of Strasbourg
Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan, by Hyacinthe Rigaud
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseStrasbourg
Installed9 April 1704
Term ended19 July 1749
PredecessorWilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg
SuccessorCardinal de Soubise
Other post(s)Cardinal-priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Orders
Consecration26 June 1701
by Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg
Created cardinal18 May 1712
by Pope Clement XI
RankCardinal-priest
Personal details
Born24 June 1674
Died19 July 1749 (aged 75)
Paris, France
Previous post(s)Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg 1701-1704 Titular Bishop of Tiberias 1701-1704

He constructed the Hôtel de Rohan next to the present day Hôtel de Soubise in which his father lived, employing his father's architect, Pierre-Alexis Delamair. The prince de Rohan was elected a member of the Académie des Inscriptions in 1701 and of the Académie française in 1703. He was made a commander of the Saint-Esprit in 1713.

He gave last rites (confession, viaticum, and unction) to king Louis XIV.[1]

See also

References

  1. Dangeau, Philippe de Courcillon marquis de (1858). Mémoire sur la mort de Louis XIV (in French). Didot frères, fils.

Bibliography

  • Claude Muller, Le siècle des Rohan : une dynastie de cardinaux en Alsace au XVIII|e, La Nuée Bleue, Strasbourg, 2006, 446 p. ISBN 2-7165-0652-3
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