Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan

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1674 – 1749

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Who was Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan?

Armand de Rohan 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.

He constructed the Hotel de Rohan next to the present day Hotel 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.

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Born
Jun 26, 1674
Paris
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  • France
Died
Jul 19, 1749
Strasbourg

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on July 23, 2013

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