Armand de Rohan (Armand Gaston Maximilien; 26 June 1674 – 19 July 1749) was a French churchman and politician. He became

Bishop of Strasbourg {{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 These persons were bishop, archbishop or prince-bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Strasbourg (including historically Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg): Bishops and prince-bishops * Amandus *Justinus ...

in 1704, Cardinal in 1712 then

Grand Almoner of France {{other uses, Almoner The Grand Almoner of France (french: Grand aumônier de France) was an officer of the French monarchy and a member of the ''Maison du Roi'' ("King's Household") during the ''Ancien Régime''. He directed the religious branch of ...

in 1713 and member of the regency council in 1722. He constructed the

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next to the present day

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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 An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, ...

in 1701 and of the Académie française in 1703. He was made a commander of the Saint-Esprit in 1713. He gave

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, and

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) to

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Louis XIV , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Ver ...

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* Claude Muller, ''Le siècle des Rohan : une dynastie de cardinaux en Alsace au XVIII, e'', La Nuée Bleue, Strasbourg, 2006, 446 p.

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Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan 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 ...

18th-century French cardinals Bishops of Strasbourg Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Members of the Académie Française

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