Cardinal de Fleury
André Hercule de Fleury (22 June or 26 June 1653 – 29 January 1743) kent as the Cardinal de Fleury or the Cardinal Fleury wis a french nobleman an bishop an later a mister o Louis XV o Fraunce. He had enriched the royal library by many valuable oriental manuscripts, and wis a member o the Académie française frae 1717, o the Academy o Science, an the Academy o Inscriptions. He haed a rivalry with Louis Henri de Bourbon, "Duke o Bourbon" an his mistress Madame de Prie wis well known.
| His Eminence André Hercule de Fleury | |
|---|---|
| Bishop emeritus o Fréjus | |
 Cardinal de Fleury, portrait bi Rigaud, (Versailles) | |
| Airchdiocese | Aix |
| Diocese | Fréjus |
| See | Fréjus |
| Installed | 18 May 1698 |
| Term endit | 3 May 1715 |
| Predecessor | Louis d'Aquin |
| Successor | Pierre de Castellane |
| Ither posts | Cardinal-priest, no title assigned First minister for Louis XV o Fraunce |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1679 |
| Consecration | 22 November 1698 bi Louis Antoine de Noailles |
| Creatit Cardinal | 11 September 1726 bi Pape Benedict XIII |
| Rank | Cardinal-priest |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | André Hercule de Fleury |
| Born | 22 Juin 1653 Lodève, Languedoc-Roussillon, Fraunce |
| Died | 29 Januar 1743 (aged 89) Issy-les-Moulineaux, Île-de-France, Fraunce |
| Naitionality | French |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Occupation | nobleman, cardinal, bishop |
| Previous post | Bishop o Fréjus (1698–1715) |