Louis Antoine de Noailles


Louis Antoine de Noailles

Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris,
Duke of Saint-Cloud, Peer of France
Portrait attributed to Hyacinthe Rigaud
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseParis
SeeNotre-Dame de Paris
Installed19 September 1695
Term ended4 May 1729
PredecessorFrançois de Harlay de Champvallon
SuccessorCharles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc
Other post(s)Bishop of Cahors
Bishop of Châlons
Personal details
Born(1651-05-27)27 May 1651
Château de Teyssiére, Auvergne, France
Died4 May 1729(1729-05-04) (aged 77)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Alma materCollege of Sorbonne, Paris
Coat of armsLouis Antoine de Noailles's coat of arms

Louis Antoine de Noailles, Cardinal de Noailles (27 May 1651 – 4 May 1729), second son of Anne de Noailles, 1st Duke of Noailles, was a French bishop and cardinal. His signing of the Unigenitus bull in 1728 would end the formal Jansenist controversy.


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