Michel-Celse-Roger de Bussy-Rabutin

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Rabutin arms displayed at the Château de Bussy

Michel-Celse-Roger de Bussy-Rabutin (1669 – 3 November 1736) was a French churchman and diplomat.

Biography

The second son of

Fontenelle the following 6 March. In 1735 he commissioned a portrait of himself by Hyacinthe Rigaud without knowing how he would pay for it – the artist's accounting books state "Monsieur the Bishop of Luçon, Bussy-Rabutin. Remains half-finished.".[1]

See also

  • List of Ambassadors of France to the United Kingdom

References

  1. ^ J. Roman, Le livre de raison du peintre Hyacinthe Rigaud, Paris, 1919, p. 212.

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Preceded by
Jean-François de l'Escure de Valderil
Bishop of Luçon
1723–1736
Succeeded by
Samuel-Guillaume de Verthamon de Chavagnac