Frédéric Jérôme de La Rochefoucauld

Born in a noble family, he was the third of the six children of François de la Rochefoucauld, count of Roye, and Catherine Françoise d'Arpajon.

He was also chosen as president of the Assembly of the Clergy which was held in April 1742, also obtaining the privilege of preparing it directly with the King instead of with his ministers.

In 1745 Louis XV appointed him French ambassador before the Holy See to Pope Benedict XIV to replace the abbot of Canillac.

The Musical Feast Given by the Cardinal de La Rochefoucauld for the Marriage of the Dauphin at the Teatro Argentina, in Rome on 15 July 1747, was immortalized in a painting by Italian artist Giovanni Paolo Panini.

He died in Paris on 29 April 1757, and was buried in the choir of the church of Saint-Sulpice.