Grand Almoner of France
The Grand Almoner of France (French Grand AUMONIER de France) was an official of the French monarchy in the time of the Ancien Régime. The Office was one of the major offices of the household of the king of France, the task concerned the religious side of court life, the Chapelle.
The title was created by King Francis I., and was not part of the major offices of the crown of France Henry III in the declaration. from the year 1582.
The Grand Almoner played a symbolic role as the most important clerics at court especially. Often of episcopal rank, rarely even a cardinal, he had important privileges, such as the jurisdiction of the Paris hospitals; the death of a king, he was entitled to the silver of the royal chapel. The Office was frequently occupied by the great noble families, especially by members of the House of Rohan. The Grand Almoner was supported and represented by a Premier AUMONIER.
The duties of the Grand Almoner to donate the king the Communion and to celebrate the baptisms and marriages of members of the royal family belonged.
List of Großalmoseniers of France
- Bernard de Ruthie († 1556 ), abbot of Pontlevoy, Grand Almoner of France ( 1552)
- Louis de Pretzel († 1589 ), Bishop of Meaux, Grand Almoner of France ( 1559 )
- Charles d' Humières († 1571), Bishop of Bayeux, Grand Almoner of France ( 1559 )
- Jacques Amyot (1514-1593), Bishop of Auxerre, Grand Almoner of France ( 1560)
- Renaud de Beaune de Sambançay (1527-1606), Bishop of Mende, then Archbishop of Bourges, then Archbishop of Sens, Grand Almoner of the King ( 1591 )
- Jacques- Davy Duperron (1556-1618), cardinal, bishop of Evreux, then Archbishop of Sens, Grand Almoner of the King ( 1606 )
- François de La Rochefoucauld (1558-1645), Cardinal, Bishop of Senlis, Grand Almoner of France ( 1618)
- Alphonse Louis du Plessis de Richelieu († 1653), cardinal, archbishop of Aix, then archbishop of Lyon, Grand Almoner of France ( 1632) (House Le Plessis- Richelieu)
- Antonio Barberini († 1671), cardinal, archbishop of Reims and peer of France, bishop of Palestrina, Duke of Segny, Grand Almoner of France ( 1653)
- Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour de Bouillon (1647-1715), Cardinal Bishop of Ostia, Grand Almoner of France ( 1671)
- Pierre du Cambout de Coislin (1637-1706), Cardinal, Bishop of Orléans, Grand Almoner of France ( 1700)
- Toussaint de Forbin Janson de (1631-1713), Bishop of Digne, then Bishop of Marseille, then bishop of Beauvais, Peer of France, Cardinal, Grand Almoner of France ( 1706)
- Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan I. - Soubise (1674-1749), cardinal, Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg, Grand Almoner of France ( 1713)
- Frédéric - Jérôme de la Rochefoucauld de Roye (1701-1757), Cardinal, Archbishop of Bourges, Grand Almoner of France ( 1742)
- Armand II François Auguste de Rohan - Soubise (1717-1756), cardinal, Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg, Grand Almoner of France ( 1745)
- Nicolas de Saulx- Tavannes (1690-1759), Bishop of Chalons and peer of France, then Archbishop of Rouen, Cardinal, Grand Almoner of France ( 1748)
- Charles -Antoine de la Roche- Aymon (1697-1777), Bishop of Tarbes, then Archbishop of Toulouse, then Archbishop of Narbonne, then Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims and peer of France, Grand Almoner of France ( 1760)
- Louis René Édouard de Rohan Guéméné (1734-1803), Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg, Grand Almoner of France ( 1777)
- Louis -Joseph de Montmorency -Laval (1724-1808), cardinal, Prince-Bishop of Metz, Grand Almoner of France ( 1786)