André-Hercule de Fleury
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Catholic cardinal (1653-1743)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1653
- Died
- 1743
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Grammaire turque, ou, Methode courte & facile, pour apprendre la langue turque
- Lettre pastorale de monseigneur l'evêque de Frejus
- Lettre du cardinal de Fleury, au conseil de Louis XVI
- L'abrégé de l'histoire de France écrit pour le jeune Louis XV
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials
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Key facts
- Archdiocese
- Aix
- Diocese
- Fréjus
- Installed
- 18 May 1698
- Term ended
- 3 May 1715
- Predecessor
- Louis d'Aquin
- Successor
- Pierre de Castellane
- Other posts
- Cardinal-priest ; no title assigned
- Consecration
- 22 November 1698, by Louis Antoine de Noailles
- Created cardinal
- 11 September 1726, by Pope Benedict XIII
- Rank
- Cardinal-priest
- Born
- ( 1653-06-22 ) 22 June 1653, Lodève , Languedoc-Roussillon , France
- Died
- 29 January 1743 (1743-01-29) (aged 89), Issy-les-Moulineaux , Île-de-France , France
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Monarch
- Louis XV
- Preceded by
- Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon
- Succeeded by
- Étienne François de Choiseul (1758)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Lodève
- Place of death
- Issy-les-Moulineaux
- Occupation
- Christian minister
- Educated at
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Field of work
- politics
- Image
- Cardinal de Fleury by Rigaud.jpg
- Residence
- Palace of Versailles
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- member of
- Accademia della Crusca
- Commons category
- André-Hercule de Fleury
- date of birth
- 1653-06-22
- date of death
- 1743-01-29
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons gallery
- André-Hercule de Fleury
- different from
- Andrew of Fleury
- name in native language
- André Hercule de Fleury
- writing language
- French
- P8168
- poka-yoke
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Encyclopedic overview
André-Hercule de Fleury (22 June or 26 June 1653 – 29 January 1743) was a French Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Fréjus and as the chief minister of Louis XV. He was created a cardinal in 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII.
Life and government
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