Cardinal de Rohan
Deceased Person
1734 – 1803
Who was Cardinal de Rohan?
Louis René Édouard de Rohan known as Cardinal de Rohan, prince de Rohan-Guéméné, was a French bishop of Strasbourg, politician, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and cadet of the Rohan family. His parents were Hercule Mériadec, Prince of Guéméné and Louise Gabrielle Julie de Rohan. He was born in Paris.
Members of the Rohan family had filled the office of Bishop of Strasbourg since 1704, which made them princes of the Holy Roman Empire and the compeers rather of the German prince-bishops than of the French ecclesiastics. Louis de Rohan was destined for this high office from birth. Soon after taking orders, in 1760, he was nominated coadjutor to his uncle, Louis Constantin de Rohan-Rochefort, who then held the bishopric, and he was also appointed titular bishop of Canopus, Egypt. But he preferred the elegant life and the gaiety of Paris to his clerical duties, and had also an ambition to make a figure in politics. In 1761 he was elected to seat 36 of the Académie française.
Louis de Rohan was a member of the palace cabal opposed to the Austrian alliance.
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- Born
- Sep 25, 1734
Paris - Also known as
- Louis Rene Edouard, cardinal de Rohan
- Parents
- Nationality
- France
- Education
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand
- Lived in
- Paris
- Died
- Feb 16, 1803
Ettenheim
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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