See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

CARDINAL DE See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

LOUIS RENE EDOUARD See also:

• ROHAN
• ROHAN, HENRI
• CARDINAL DE LOUIS RENE EDOUARD ROHAN (1734-1803)

ROHAN (1734-1803)  , See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince de See also:

• ROHAN
• ROHAN, HENRI
• ROHAN, LOUIS RENE EDOUARD, CARDINAL DE (1734-1803)

Rohan-Guemenee, See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg, a See also:

• CADET (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. capitettum, a diminutive of caput, head, through the Provencal form capdet)

cadet of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• FAMILY

family of Rohan (which traced its origin to the See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of See also:

• BRITTANY

Brittany, and was granted the See also:

• PRECEDENCE (from Lat. praecedere, to go before, precede)

precedence and See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of a See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign princely family by See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIV.), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the 25th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1734 . Members of the Rohan family had filled the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of archbishop of Strassburg from 17o4—an office which made them princes of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire and the compeers rather of the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German prince-bishops than of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French ecclesiastics . For this high office Louis de Rohan was destined from his See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth, and soon after taking orders, in 176o, he was nominated coadjutor to his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine de Rohan-See also:

• ROCHEFORT
• ROCHEFORT, HENRI, MARQUIS DE

Rochefort, who then held the archbishopric, and he was also consecrated See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• CANOPUS, or CANOBUS

Canopus . But he preferred the elegant See also:

• LIFE

life and the gaiety of Paris to his clerical duties, and had also an ambition to make a figure in politics . He joined the party opposed to the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance, which had been cemented by the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage of the archduchess See also:

• MARIE

Marie Antoinette to the dauphin . This party was headed by the duc d'See also:

• AIGUILLON, EMMANUEL ARMAND DE WIGNEROD DU PLESSIS DE RICHELIEU
• AIGUILLON, MARIE MADELEINE DE WIGNEROD DU PONT DE COURLAY, DUCHESSE

Aiguillon, who in 1771 sent Prince Louis on a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy to See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna to find out what was being done there with regard to the See also:

• PARTITION

partition of See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland . Rohan arrived at Vienna in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1772, and made a great See also:

• NOISE (a word of doubtful origin; O. Fr. nogse or nose; Prov. nausa, which points to Lat. nausea, sickness, as the origin; others take Lat. noxia, harm, as the source)

noise with his lavish fetes . But the empress Maria See also:

• THERESA, ST (1515-1582)

Theresa was implacably hostile to him; not only did he See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to thwart her policy, but he spread scandals about her daughter Marie Antoinette, laughed at herself, and shocked her ideas of propriety by his dissipation and luxury . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of Louis XV. in 1774, Rohan was recalled from Vienna, and coldly received at Paris; but the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of his family was too great for him to be neglected, and in 1777 he was made See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• ALMONER (from Lat. eleemosynarius, through med. Lat. almosynarius, almonarius, and Fr. almosnier, aumosniea, &c., mod. Fr. aumonier)

almoner, and in 1778 See also:

• ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
• ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
• ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
• ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
• ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)

abbot of St Vaast . In 1778 he was made a See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal on the nomination of See also:

• STANISLAUS

Stanislaus See also:

• PONIATOWSKI
• PONIATOWSKI, JOSEPH ANTHONY (1763-1813)

Poniatowski, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Poland, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year succeeded his uncle as archbishop of Strassburg and became abbot of Noirmoutiers and See also:

• CHAISE (the French for " chair," through a transference from a "sedan-chair" to a wheeled vehicle)

Chaise-Dieu . His various preferments brought him in an income of two and a See also:

• HALF

half millions of livres; yet the cardinal was restless and unhappy until he should be reinstated in favour at See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court and had appeased the animosity which Marie Antoinette See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt against him . In pursuit of this See also:

• OBJECT

object he See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the hands of a gang of intriguers, the comtesse de Lamotte, the notorious See also:

• CAGLIOSTRO, ALESSANDRO, COUNT (1743-1795)

Cagliostro and others, whose actions See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form See also:

• PART

part of the " affair of the See also:

• DIAMOND

diamond necklace." This See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story is disentangled elsewhere (see DIAMOND NECKLACE), and diverging views are still taken of it .

Rohan certainly was led to believe that his attentions to the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen were welcomed, and that his arrangement by which she received the famous necklace was approved . He was the dupe of others, and at the trial in 1786 before the See also:

• PARLEMENT (see PARLIAMENT)

parlement his acquittal was received with universal See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm, and regarded as a victory over the court and the unpopular queen . He was deprived, however, of his office as grand almoner and exiled to his See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey of Chaise-Dieu . He was soon allowed to return to Strassburg, and his popularity was shown by his See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election in 1789 to the states-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general by the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy of the bailliages of Haguenau and See also:

• WEISSENBURG

Weissenburg . He at first declined to sit, but the states-general, when it became the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly, insisted on validating his election . But as a prince of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church in January 1791 he refused. to take the See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath to the constitution, and went to See also:

• ETTENHEIM

Ettenheim, in the German part of his See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese . In See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile his See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character improved, and he spent what See also:

• WEALTH

wealth remained to him in providing for the poor clergy of his diocese who had been obliged to leave See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France; and in 18oi he resigned his nominal rank as archbishop of Strassburg . On the 17th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1803 he died at Ettenheim . See the Memoires of his secretary, the See also:

• ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

abbe Georgel, of the baroness d'Oberkirch, of See also:

• BEUGNOT, JACQUES CLAUDE, COUNT (1761—1835)

Beugnot, and of Madame See also:

• CAMPAN, JEANNE LOUISE HENRIETTE (1752-1822)

Campan; and See also:

• WORKS

works cited under DIAMOND NECKLACE .