César d'Estrées
César d'Estrées (born February 5, 1628 in Paris , † December 18, 1714 there ) was a French diplomat and cardinal .
Life
D'Estrées was a son of Marshal François-Annibal d'Estrées and his wife Marie de Béthune-Charost. The future Marshal of France Jean II. D'Estrées was his older brother and Gabrielle d'Estrées was his aunt.
As abbot , d'Estrées headed the Abbey of St. Germain-des-Prés and was both Duke and Bishop of Laon . He received his episcopal ordination on September 26, 1655 in the cathedral of Senlis, the Archbishop of Bordeaux Henry de Béthune ; Co- consecrators were Denis Sanguin , Bishop of Senlis , and Luis de Rechigne , Bishop of Tulle .
Pope Clement X created d'Estrées cardinal in pectore in 1671 , which was published in 1672. From 1672 to 1675 he was cardinal priest of Santa Maria in Via , then of Santa Trinità dei Monti . His last position since 1698 was that of Cardinal Bishop of Albano .
D'Estrées was the French ambassador to Rome and Spain , commander of the Order of the Holy Spirit and Peer of France . As the successor to the late playwright Pierre Du Ryer , he was elected as a member of the Académie française in 1656 ( Fauteuil 9 ). He was followed in 1715 by his nephew Victor-Marie d'Estrées in this place. In 1706 he was elected a member of the Accademia della Crusca in Florence .
Seven weeks before his 87th birthday, d'Estrées died on December 18, 1714 in Paris, where he found his final resting place.
literature
- Charles Berton: Dictionnaire des cardinaux. Contenant des notions générales sur le cardinalat . J.-P. Migne, Paris 1857, columns 884-886.
- Honoré Fisquet : La France pontificale (Gallia christiana), histoire chronologique et biographique des archevêques et évêques de tous les diocèses de France depuis l'établissement du christianisme jusqu'à nos jours, divisée en 17 provinces ecclésiastique . Volume 2. E. Repos, Paris 1866, p. 306.
Web links
- Estrées, César d '. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed December 7, 2016.
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
Individual evidence
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Emmanuel Théodose de la Tour d'Auvergne |
Cardinal Bishop of Albano 1698–1714 |
Ferdinando D'Adda |
| Philibert de Brichanteau |
Bishop of Laon 1655–1681 |
Jean III d'Estrées |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Estrées, César d ' |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French diplomat and cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1628 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1714 |
| Place of death | Paris |