Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Armand de Rohan
Cardinal, Bishop of Strasbourg
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Diocese:Strasbourg
Term Start:9 April 1704
Term End:19 July 1749
Predecessor:Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg
Successor:Cardinal de Soubise
Other Post:Cardinal-priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Consecration:26 June 1701
Consecrated By:Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg
Cardinal:18 May 1712
Created Cardinal By:Pope Clement XI
Rank:Cardinal-priest
Birth Date:24 June 1674
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Date:19 July 1749 (aged 75)
Death Place:Paris, France
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Armand de Rohan (Armand Gaston Maximilien; 26 June 1674 – 19 July 1749) was a French churchman and politician. He became Bishop of Strasbourg in 1704, Cardinal in 1712 then Grand Almoner of France in 1713 and member of the regency council in 1722.

He constructed the Hôtel de Rohan next to the present day Hôtel de Soubise in which his father lived, employing his father's architect, Pierre-Alexis Delamair. The prince de Rohan was elected a member of the Académie des Inscriptions in 1701 and of the Académie française in 1703. He was made a commander of the Saint-Esprit in 1713.

He gave last rites (confession, viaticum, and unction) to king Louis XIV.[1]

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  1. Book: Dangeau, Philippe de Courcillon marquis de . Mémoire sur la mort de Louis XIV . 1858 . Didot frères, fils . fr.