Gustave Cardinal de Croÿ-Solre
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Rouen |
Gustave Maximilien Juste, cardinal 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 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. However he was not ordained a bishop until 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.
