Jean d'Orléans-Longueville
Catholic cardinal
Jean d'Orléans-Longueville (1484, in Château de Parthenay — 24 September 1533, in Tarascon), Cardinal de Longueville was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church for six months in 1533. He was abbot in commendam of Bec, and concurrently archbishop of Toulouse (1503) and bishop of Orléans (1521).
Biography
Jean d’Orléans-Longueville was born in Parthenay in 1484, the third son of François d'Orléans, Count of Dunois and Agnes of Savoy. His older brothers were François II, Duke of Longueville and Louis I d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville. He was a relative of Louis XI of France and Louis XII of France, the latter of whom provided for his education.
He began his ecclesiastical career as a cleric at Chartres Cathedral. On 29 November 1503 he was elected Archbishop of Toulouse. He was the administrator of the archdiocese until he reached the canonical age of 27. He received the pallium on 14 August 1517 and then occupied the see until his death. On 26 June 1521 he was named Bishop of Orléans.
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