About Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan
Lived 1674 – 1749 (aged 75). Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan was a French catholic priest, bishop and politician.
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.
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Catholic cardinal
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Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan was born on 26 June 1674 in Paris.
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Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan died on 19 July 1749 in Paris.
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Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan was a catholic priest, bishop and politician.
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