Antoine Clériadus de Choiseul-Beaupré

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The Cardinal de Choiseul;; in a provincial copy of his official portrait (Musée des beaux-arts, Dole)

Claude Antoine Clériadus

cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.[2]

He was made vicar-general of Mende in 1733. As a member of the important family of

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The younger son of Antoine-Clériadus, Count of Choiseul,

Marquis of Beaupré, seigneur of Daillecourt (1664—1726)[4] he was born at the family château of Daillecourt (Haute-Marne ), in the diocese of Langres, France. He studied theology at the University of Paris. He carried the French court sinecure of Aumônier du Roi from 1736. He died in Paris and is buried in his cathedral of Besançon
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The name was also carried by his namesake, Claude Antoine Clériadus de Choiseul (1733 — 1794), created Prince of -Beaupré.

Notes

  1. ^ François-Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnaye des Bois, Dictionnaire de la noblesse, vol 4, 1772, s.v. "Choiseul. xx."
  2. ^ Salvador Miranda, "Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church:Antoine Clairiard de Choiseul de Beaupré"
  3. ^ Choiseul Daillecourt
  4. ^ De La Chesnaye des Bois, Dictionnaire