Antoine Clériadus de Choiseul-Beaupré

Claude Antoine Clériadus^[1] de Choiseul, Cardinal de Choiseul (29 September 1707 – 7 January 1774) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.^[2]

His Eminence Antoine Clériadus de Choiseul-Beaupré
Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon
The Cardinal de Choiseul;; in a provincial copy of his official portrait (Musée des beaux-arts, Dole)
Church	Roman Catholic
Other post(s)	Abbot commendatario of Saint Bertin
Orders
Consecration	25 May 1755 by Gabriel-Florent de Choiseul-Beaupré
Created cardinal	23 November 1761 by Pope Clement XIII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	28 September 1707 Daillecourt, France
Died	7 January 1774 (aged 66) Besançon, France
Buried	Besançon Cathedral

He was made vicar-general of Mende in 1733. As a member of the important family of Choiseul,^[3] he was Grand Aumônier to Stanisław Leszczyński, titular king of Poland, at his court at Nancy, Lorraine, from 1742, in which year he was promoted to Primate of the church of Lorraine. He was elected archbishop of Besançon, 17 March 1755, and raised to the cardinalate by Pope Clement XIII in the consistory of 23 November 1761. Choiseul de Beaupré, usually styled the Cardinal de Choiseul, participated in the conclave of 1769 that elected Pope Clement XIV.

The younger son of Antoine-Clériadus, Count of Choiseul, Marquis of Beaupré, seigneur of Daillecourt (1664—1726)^[4] he was born at the family château of Daillecourt (Haute-Marne ), in the diocese of Langres, France. He studied theology at the University of Paris. He carried the French court sinecure of Aumônier du Roi from 1736. He died in Paris and is buried in his cathedral of Besançon.

The name was also carried by his namesake, Claude Antoine Clériadus de Choiseul (1733 — 1794), created Prince of -Beaupré.