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Joseph Fesch
French cardinal, diplomat, art collector and Prince of France (1763-1839)
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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 3 January 1763
- Died
- 13 May 1839
- Place of birth
- Ajaccio
- Place of death
- Rome
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Joseph
- Family name
- Fesch
- Father
- Franz Fesch
- Occupation
- art collector, Catholic priest, diplomat, politician, Catholic bishop, vicar, archbishop
- Position held
- Grand Almoner of France, Catholic archbishop, ambassador, member of the Sénat conservateur, Peer of France, cardinal
- Citizenship
- France
- Native language
- French
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Awards
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Order of the Golden Spur
- consecrator
- Giovanni Battista Caprara Montecuccoli, Étienne-Alexandre Bernier, Louis Sébastiani de La Porta
- depicted by
- Portrait of Joseph Fesch
- described by source
- Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Encyclopedia Americana, The Catholic Encyclopedia
- family
- House of Bonaparte
- languages spoken, written or signed
- French
- name in native language
- Joseph Fesch
- noble title
- count
- participant in
- 1830–31 conclave, 1829 papal conclave, 1823 papal conclave
- place of burial
- Chapelle Impériale
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