Dominique de La Rochefoucauld

Dominique de La Rochefoucauld (Saint-Ilpize, Haute-Loire, 26 September 1712 – Münster, Germany, 23 September 1800) was a French bishop and cardinal.

[1] He was from an impoverished branch of the La Rochefoucauld family.

As President of the chamber of clergy, he refused its union with the Third Estate.

In protest he submitted a list of clerical rights.

He led a fierce opposition to the Constitution, and signed the protest of 12 September 1791.