| Styles of Gustave de Croÿ-Solre |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Rouen |
Gustave Maximilien Juste de Croÿ-Solre (September 12, 1773 Château de l'Ermitage, near Condé-sur-l'Escaut, Nord - January 1, 1844 Rouen) was a French Cardinal Archbishop of Rouen and a member of the ancient and noble House of Croy.
He 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 Louis XVIII of France, and was confirmed Bishop of Strasbourg 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 the Archbishop of Reims Jean Charles de Coucy. He was made a Peer of France in 1822 and became Archbishop of Rouen on 4 July 1823. He assisted King Louis XVIII in his death bed and presided over his funeral in Saint-Denis. On 21 March 1825 he was created a cardinal and on 21 May 1829 became Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina. He participated in the conclaves of 1829 and 1830-1831. He died of gout.
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| Preceded by Post Vacant previously Johann Peter Saurine |
Bishop of Strasbourg 1820-1823 |
Succeeded by Claudius Maria Paul Tharin |