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 and nephew of Gabrielle d'Estrées, mistress of King Henri IV. His brother was Marshal Jean II d'Estrées. 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 Order of the Holy Spirit and a '' pair de France''. 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 Ambassadors of France to Spain 17th-century French diplomats {{france-RC-cardinal-stub