Cardinal de Soubise


Cardinal de Soubise
Cardinal, Bishop of Strasbourg
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
In office1749–1756
PredecessorArmand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan
SuccessorLouis Constantin de Rohan
Previous post(s)Grand Almoner of France (1745–1748)
Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg (1742–1749)
Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide (1742–1749)
Orders
Ordination23 December 1741
Consecration4 November 1742
by Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan
Created cardinal10 April 1747
by Pope Benedict XIV
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born1 December 1717
Died28 June 1756 (aged 38)
Saverne, France

François-Armand-Auguste de Rohan-Soubise, Prince of Tournon, Prince of Rohan (1 December 1717, Paris – 28 June 1756, Saverne) was a French prelate, Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg. His parents, Anne Julie de Melun and Jules, Prince de Soubise, both died of smallpox when he was still a child.