Dominique de La Rochefoucauld
Dominique de La Rochefoucauld (Saint-Ilpize, Haute-Loire, 26 September 1712 – Münster, Germany, 23 September 1800) was a French bishop and cardinal.[1]
Dominique de La Rochefoucauld | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, Primate of Normandy | |
Portrait by François-Hubert Drouais | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Rouen |
| See | Notre-Dame de Rouen |
| Installed | 2 June 1759 |
| Term ended | 23 September 1800 |
| Predecessor | Nicolas II de Saulx-Tavannes |
| Successor | Étienne Hubert de Cambacérès |
| Other post(s) | Archbishop of Albi Vicar-General of Bourges |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 September 1712 |
| Died | 23 September 1800 (aged 87) Prince-Bishopric of Münster, Holy Roman Empire |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | Saint-Sulpice Seminary, Paris Seminary of Clermont |
| Deputy to the Estates General for the First Estate | |
| Constituency | Rouen |
Life edit
Before the French Revolution edit
He was from an impoverished branch of the La Rochefoucauld family. He became archbishop of Albi in 1747, and archbishop of Rouen in 1759.
Under the Revolution edit
The clergy of Rouen sent him as their deputy to the États généraux of 1789. As President of the chamber of clergy, he refused its union with the Third Estate. He had to submit, given a direct order from Louis XVI. In protest he submitted a list of clerical rights.
He led a fierce opposition to the Constitution, and signed the protest of 12 September 1791. After 10 August 1792 he went into exile, in Germany from 1794.
He joined the Société des amis des noirs.
Notes edit
- ^ From 1778.
Bibliography edit
- Fisquet, Honoré (1864). La France pontificale (Gallia Christiana): Metropole de Rouen: Rouen (in French). Paris: Etienne Repos. pp. 268–275.
- Loth, Julien (1893). Histoire du cardinal de la Rochefoucauld et du diocèse de Rouen pendant la Révolution (in French). Evreux: l'Eure. p. 743.
External links edit
- "(20) 2. LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, Dominique de (1712-1800)", The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
- (in French) , Groupe Histoire des Hôpitaux de Rouen