Henri-Charles du Cambout de Coislin

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Henri-Charles du Cambout de Coislin (also: Henri-Charles de Coislin ) (born September 13, 1664 in Paris , † November 28, 1732 ibid) was a French nobleman, Roman Catholic bishop and member of the Académie française .

Life

Origin and advancement

Henri-Charles du Cambout was the son of Armand du Cambout de Coislin and the nephew of Cardinal Pierre du Cambout de Coislin , Bishop of Orléans. He was the younger brother of Pierre du Cambout, duc de Coislin . Since he was intended to be the clergy's second son, he was brought up under the supervision of his uncle, the bishop, who introduced him to court early on. He studied theology, received his doctorate and took over the office of vicar general in his uncle's diocese. In 1684 he was appointed by the king to commendate abbot of the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Georges de Boscherville , then first almsman , and finally in 1897 Bishop of Metz . In 1701 he was accepted as a commander in the Ordre du Saint-Esprit . He owed this ascent not insignificantly to the affection of the king for his uncle, with whom Louis XIV grew up. When his brother died in 1710, Coislin inherited his title of Duke of Coislin and Peer of France and succeeded him in seat 25 of the Académie française. When he entered the academy, he celebrated his great-uncle Richelieu and his great-grandfather Pierre Séguier in his inaugural speech . From 1726 he was member honoraire of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres .

Bishop of Metz

During the 35 years of his tenure as bishop, he often switched back and forth between Metz and the Versailles court, where he continued to serve as an almsman. In Metz he set up a poor house , built in addition to the remote summer residence Vic-sur-Seille from 1710 to 1714 (north of Augny ) the Frescaty Castle and from 1727 to 1733 built barracks ( Caserne Coislin ) to keep the population from the oppressive billeting relieve. In the dispute over the papal bull Unigenitus Dei filius (1713) , Coislin showed his closeness to Gallicanism and Jansenism . In Metz, Place Coislin and Rue du Cambout bear his name. There is also the Fontaine Coislin with a text carved in stone in honor of it. In the church of Chaligny a stone slab commemorates his visitation in 1723.

Death and inheritance

He died in 1732 at the age of 68 of a nail ulcer, for which he received treatment in Paris. He was buried in the Couvent Notre-Dame de Nazareth des pénitents réformés du tiers-ordre de Saint-François in Paris. Coislin was in possession of an important collection of books and manuscripts, the Biblioteca Coisliniana , the basis of which came from Pierre Séguier. Coislin bequeathed it to the Saint-Germain-des-Prés Abbey , where it was partially destroyed in the French Revolution .

literature

  • Bernard de Montfaucon (1655–1741): Bibliotheca Coisliniana, olim Segueriana . Paris 1715.
  • Oraison funebre de tres-haut et tres-puissant seigneur monseigneur Henry-Charles Du Cambout, evesque de Metz, duc de Coislin, pair de France, premier aumônier du Roy et commandeur du Saint Esprit. Prononcée dans l'église cathedrale de Metz, le 27th février 1733. Par un chanoine régulier de Saint Augustin de la congrégation de Saint Antoine.
  • Eulogy of Coislin by his successor, Jean-Baptiste Surian , in the Académie française, French
  • Micheline Cuénin: Un familier de Louis XIV. Le Cardinal de Coislin. Grand Aumônier de France. Evêque d'Orléans (1636-1706) . Orléans 2007. (Family tree, p. 8)
  • Robert Devreesse: Le catalog du fonds Coislin . In: Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 86, 1942, pp. 112-120. (on-line)
  • Elie Fleur (1864–1957): Essai sur la vie et les œuvres de Henry-Charles du Cambout, duc de Coislin, évêque de Metz 1697–1732 . In: Mémoires de l'Académie nationale de Metz 114, 1933 (8e série, Tome XIV), pp. 39-216. (on-line)

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personal data
SURNAME Coislin, Henri-Charles du Cambout de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coislin, Henri-Charles de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French nobleman, bishop, courtier and member of the Académie française
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1664
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1732
Place of death Paris