Claude Antoine Clériadus de Choiseul, ''Cardinal de Choiseul'' (29 September 1707 – 7 January 1774) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was made vicar-general of Mende in 1733. As a member of the important family of Choiseul, he was ''Grand Aumônier'' to Stanisław Leszczyński, titular king of Poland, at his court at Nancy, Lorraine, from 1742, in which year he was promoted to Primate of the church of

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. He was elected

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, 17 March 1755, and raised to the cardinalate by

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in the consistory of 23 November 1761. Choiseul de Beaupré, usually styled the Cardinal de Choiseul, participated in the conclave of 1769 that elected

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. The younger son of Antoine-Clériadus, Count of Choiseul,

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of Beaupré, ''

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'' of Daillecourt (1664—1726)De La Chesnaye des Bois, ''Dictionnaire'' he was born at the family château of Daillecourt ( Haute-Marne ), in the diocese of Langres, France. He studied theology at the

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. He carried the French court sinecure of ''Aumônier du Roi'' from 1736. He died in

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and is buried in his cathedral of Besançon. The name was also carried by his namesake, Claude Antoine Clériadus de Choiseul (1733 — 1794), created Prince of -Beaupré.

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