Henri Clausse de Fleury (died on 13 December 1640) was a

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Roman Catholic prelate. He was a

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in 1608, then titular bishop of

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from 1615 and then

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from 1624 to 1640.

Biography

Henri Clausse de Fleury was the second son of Henri Clausse, lord of Fleury-en-Bière and La Chapelle-la-Reine, and of Denise de Neufville, daughter of Nicolas III of Neufville of Villeroy. He is the nephew of Nicolas Clausse de Marchaumont and of his brother Côme Clausse de Marchaumont, who was

between 1571 and 1624. On 26 April 1608 he was appointed

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to his uncle Côme; on the same day he was appointed titular bishop of

in Maghreb (now in northern Algeria) and consecrated on 16 August 1615 by Henri de Gondi, the

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. Then he succeeded his uncle Côme to the see of Châlons from 1 April 1624 to 13 December 1640. Since Archbishop of Reims Henry II of Guise had never been ordained to priesthood, Henri Clausse was

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in charge of the administration of the Archdiocese of Reims during several years.

References

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