François de Mailly (1658–1721) was a French archbishop and

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Family

De Mailly was the third son of Louis-Charles de Nesle, Marquis de Nesle, and Jeanne de Monchi. His brother, Victor Augustin, was bishop of Lavaur (1692–1713).

Biography

Born at

Nesle Nesle () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Nesle is situated at the junction of the D930 and D337 roads, some southwest of Saint-Quentin. The Ingon, a small stream, passes through the commu ...

, he had

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views, and was a stern opponent of

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. He was a critic of

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. On 11 May 1698, he was

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bishop by Toussaint de Forbin de Janson,

Bishop of Beauvais The Diocese of Beauvais, Noyon, and Senlis (; ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese encompasses the department of Oise in the region of Hauts-de-France. The diocese is a suffragan o ...

, with Gabriel de Roquette,

Bishop of Autun The Diocese of Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny) (Latin: ''Diocesis Aeduensis'', ''Dioecesis Augustodunensis (–Cabillonensis–Matisconensis–Cluniacensis)''; French: ''Diocèse d'Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny)''), m ...

, and

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, Bishop of Alès, serving as

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. He was

Archbishop of Arles The former French Catholic Archbishopric of Arles had its episcopal seat in the city of Arles, in southern France. At the apex of the delta (Camargue) of the Rhone River, some 40 miles from the sea, Arles grew under Liburnian, Celtic, and Punic in ...

from 1697 to 1710, and then

Archbishop of Reims The Archdiocese of Reims or Rheims (; French language, French: ''Archidiocèse de Reims'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected as a diocese around 250 by Sixtus of Reims, the diocese w ...

from 1710. He was named a cardinal by

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on 29 November 1719; his red biretta was sent to him in France on 23 December 1719. He did not visit Rome, and was not assigned a

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. He was invested with his biretta by

King Louis XV Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity (then defi ...

personally, and granted the abbey of S. Étienne de Caen. He died in Reims on 13 September 1721, and was buried in the cathedral.Cardella. p. 179.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mailly, Francois De 1658 births 1721 deaths People from Somme (department) Archbishops of Arles Archbishops of Reims 18th-century French cardinals 18th-century peers of France