César d'Estrées (5 February 1628 – 18 December 1714) was a French diplomat and cardinal.

Biography

Estrées was born and died in

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. He was the son of Marshal

François Annibal d'Estrées François-Annibal d'Estrées, duc d'Estrées (1573 – 5 May 1670) was a French diplomat, soldier and Marshal of France. Biography François-Annibal d'Estrées was the son of Antoine d'Estrées and Françoise Babou de La Bourdaisière, and ...

and nephew of

Gabrielle d'Estrées Gabrielle d'Estrées, Duchess of Beaufort and Verneuil, Marchioness of Monceaux (; 157310 April 1599) was a mistress, confidante and adviser of Henry IV of France. She persuaded Henry to renounce Protestantism in favour of Catholicism in 1593. La ...

, mistress of King

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. His brother was Marshal

Jean II d'Estrées Jean, Comte d'Estrées, (3 November 1624 in Solothurn, Switzerland – 19 May 1707 in Paris), was a Marshal of France, and an important naval commander of Louis XIV. He was born into a noble family from Picardy. His aunt was Gabrielle d'Es ...

. Estrées was abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Duke-Bishop of Laon and a cardinal. He was also French ambassador in Rome and Spain, commander in the

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and a ''

pair de France The Peerage of France (french: Pairie de France) was a hereditary distinction within the French nobility which appeared in 1180 in the Middle Ages. The prestigious title and position of Peer of France (french: Pair de France, links=no) was ...

''. He was elected member of the Académie française in 1658 ( Seat 9).

References

Literature

* Charles Berton
''Dictionnaire des cardinaux. Contenant des notions générales sur le cardinalat''
J.-P. Migne, Paris 1857, col. 884–886 * Honoré Fisquet
''La France pontificale (Gallia christiana), histoire chronologique et biographique des archevêques et évêques de tous les diocèses de France depuis l’établissement du christianisme jusqu’à nos jours, divisée en 17 provinces ecclésiastique''
Vol. 2. E. Repos, Paris 1866, p. 306

External links

* ttp://www.academie-francaise.fr/les-immortels/les-quarante-aujourdhui Académie française: Les Immortels - César d'Estrées
Accademici della Crusca
1628 births 1714 deaths Diplomats from Paris 18th-century French cardinals Cardinal-bishops of Albano Bishops of Laon Members of the Académie Française 17th-century peers of France Clergy from Paris {{france-RC-cardinal-stub