Cardinal de Bernis

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Cardinal de Bernis was an 18th-century French cardinal and diplomat best known for orchestrating France’s alliance with Austria that reshaped European politics before the Seven Years’ War.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic cardinal
French politician
diplomat
human
appointedCardinalBy Pope Clement XIII
associatedWith Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Habsburg monarchy

French royal court
surface form: French court of Louis XV
burialPlace Santa Maria della Rotonda, Rome
surface form: Santa Maria della Rotonda (Pantheon), Rome
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
dateOfBirth 1715-05-22
dateOfDeath 1794-11-03
educatedAt Lycée Louis-le-Grand
surface form: Collège Louis-le-Grand

Collège du Plessis
employer Louis XV of France
era 18th century
familyName de Bernis
givenName François
honorificPrefix Cardinal
knownFor diplomatic service in Rome
orchestrating the Franco-Austrian alliance
role in French foreign policy before the Seven Years' War
languageSpoken French
Italian
memberOf French nobility
nativeLanguage French
notableWork poems presented at the Académie française
occupation Catholic cardinal
diplomat
poet
statesman
participantIn French politics under Louis XV
diplomatic negotiations leading to the Diplomatic Revolution of 1756
placeOfBirth Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche
placeOfDeath Rome
positionHeld French ambassador to Venice
French ambassador to the Holy See
Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
surface form: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of France

cardinal-priest of the Roman Catholic Church
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Paris
Rome
sexOrGender male
workLocation Rome
Venice
Versailles

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