Gustave Maximilien Juste de Croÿ-Solre
Gustave Maximilien Juste de Croÿ-Solre (12 September 1773 Château de l'Ermitage, near Condé-sur-l'Escaut, Nord - 1 January 1844 Rouen) was a French cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, and a member of the House of Croy.
Gustave Maximilien Juste de Croÿ-Solre | |
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| Cardinal Archbishop of Rouen | |
 Portrait by Hippolyte de Mahy, 1833 | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Rouen |
| See | Notre Dame de Rouen |
| Installed | 4 July 1823 |
| Term ended | 1 January 1844 |
| Predecessor | François de Pierre de Bernis |
| Successor | Louis-Marie-Edmond Blanquart de Bailleul |
| Other post(s) | Bishop of Strasbourg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 September 1773 Château de l'Ermitage, Condé-sur-l'Escaut, France |
| Died | 1 January 1844 (aged 70) Rouen, France |
| Nationality | French |
Life
Gustave was the son of Anne Emmanuel Ferdinand François, 8th Duke of Croy, and Auguste Friederike Wilhelmine zu Salm-Kyrburg.
He was ordained a priest on 3 November 1797 in Vienna. On 8 August 1817 he was appointed Bishop of Strasbourg by King Louis XVIII of France; the appointment was confirmed by Pope Pius VII on 23 August 1819. He was ordained a bishop on 9 January 1820 at the Church of St. Sulpice in Paris by Jean Charles de Coucy, Archbishop of Reims. He was made a Peer of France in 1822 and became Archbishop of Rouen on 4 July 1823.
In 1824 he assisted King Louis XVIII of France on his death bed and presided over his funeral in the Abbey of Saint-Denis.
On 21 March 1825 he was created a cardinal by Pope Leo XII. He did not receive the red hat until 18 May 1829. Three days later on 21 May 1829 he received the title Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina. He participated in the conclaves of 1829 and 1830-1831. He died of gout. His remains are buried in Rouen Cathedral.