Henri Albert de La Grange d'Arquien

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Henri Albert de La Grange d'Arquien

Henri Albert de La Grange d'Arquien (born September 8, 1613 in Calais , † May 24, 1707 in Rome ) was a French aristocrat who carried the title of Marquis d'Arquien , cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and father of Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien , who was the wife of John III. Sobieski was Queen of Poland.

Henri Albert de La Grange d'Arquien comes from a French aristocratic family, was born on September 8, 1613 in Calais and was the son of the governor of Calais Antoine de La Grange d'Arquien (* around 1560, † 1626) and his wife Anne d'Ancienville (* around 1580; † 1650).

Henri Albert de La Grange d'Arquien was married to Françoise de La Châtre (1615–1672). There are two daughters from the marriage:

  • Marie Louise de la Grange d'Arquien (1638-1728). She was married to François-Gaston de Béthune , Marquis de Chabris , († 1692) since 1668 . There are four children from the marriage.
  • Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien (1641-1716). She was since 1658 in first marriage with Jan Sobiepan Zamoyski (1627-1665) and in second marriage since 1665 with Johann III. Sobieski (1629–1696) married. As the wife of Sobieski, she was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania from 1674. The first marriage had five children, all of whom died in childhood, and the second marriage had fourteen children, four of whom reached adulthood.

After the death of his first wife, Henri Albert married the also widowed Charlotte de La Fin de Salins, who had previously been married to François du Tillet († 1673).

On April 13, 1694, Henri Albert was accepted by King Louis XIV of France as a Chevalier in the Order of the Holy Spirit . His daughter, the Queen of Poland, was unable to obtain the title of Duke of France for her father, but it was at her endeavor that the widowed Henri Albert was given to Pope Innocent XII in 1695 . created cardinal, accepted into the college of cardinals in the consistory of December 12, 1695 and appointed cardinal deacon of the Church of San Nicola in Carcere in Rome in 1696 or 1699 . He took part in the conclave of 1700 . He was a cardinal without ever being ordained a priest .

Henri Albert de La Grange d'Arquien died very old at the age of 93 on May 24, 1707 in Rome. His tomb is in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi , the French national church in Rome, and was created by the sculptor Pierre de L'Estache .

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SURNAME La Grange d'Arquien, Henri Albert de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marquis d'Arquie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Marquis and Cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1613
PLACE OF BIRTH Calais
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1707
Place of death Rome