Louis César Constantin de Rohan (24 March 1697, Paris - 11 March 1779, Paris) was a French

French people

The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

 prelate

Prelate

A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means "carry before", "be set above or over" or "prefer"; hence, a prelate is one set over others.-Related...

 of the House of Rohan.

Life

A son of Charles III de Rohan, cousin of Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan

Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan

Armand de Rohan 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 in 1722....

, he was at first a naval

Navy

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 officer before setting out on an ecclesiastical career. Made bishop of Strasbourg in 1756, Pope Clement XIII

Pope Clement XIII

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 made him a cardinal

Cardinal (Catholicism)

A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...

 in the consistory of 23 November 1761. However, unlike the other members of his family who had become bishops of Strasbourg

Strasbourg

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, he did not become the grand almoner of France

Grand Almoner of France

The Grand Almoner of France was an officer of the French monarchy and a member of the Maison du Roi during the Ancien Régime...

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