Cardinal de Soubise
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François-Armand-Auguste de Rohan-Soubise, Prince of Tournon, Prince of Rohan was a French prelate, Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg. His parents, Anne Julie de Melun and Jules, Prince de Soubise, both died
Cardinal François Armand Auguste de Rohan Soubise
Grand Almoner of France
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The Grand Almoner of France was an officer of the French monarchy and a member of the Maison du Roi during the Ancien Régime. He directed the religious branch of the royal household also known as the
Cardinal de Soubise
…as the titular bishop in partibus of Ptolemais in Palestine (now Acre, Israel). He was consecrated a bishop on the following 4 November. He was made Grand Almoner of France in 1745 and a cardinal in 1747. Upon the death of his great-uncle in 1749, he automatically became Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg and became commendatory…
Joseph Fesch, Cardinal Grand Almoner under Napoleon I.