Cardinal de Bouillon

His Eminence Emmanuel Théodose
Bishop of Ostia-Velletri Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia e Velletri Duke of Albret
The Cardinal de Bouillon by Hyacinthe Rigaud
See	Ostia-Velletri
Appointed	15 December 1700
Term ended	2 March 1715
Predecessor	Alderano Cibo
Successor	Nicolò Acciaioli
Orders
Consecration	20 November 1689 by Flavio Chigi
Created Cardinal	5 August 1669 by Clement IX
Rank	Cardinal-Bishop
Personal details
Birth name	Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne
Born	(1643-08-26)26 August 1643 Château de Turenne, France
Died	2 March 1715(1715-03-02) (aged 71) Rome
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Parents	Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne Eleonora Catharina of the Bergh
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Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne (24 August 1643 – 2 March 1715, Rome) was a French prelate and diplomat, known as the Cardinal de Bouillon.

The son of Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, he was the nephew of Maréchal de Turenne. His mother was Eleonora Catharina of the Bergh. As a member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne, he was a Foreign Prince and entitled to the style of Highness.

In 1658, he was appointed a canon of Liège; in 1667 doctor of the Sorbonne. He played some part in Turenne's conversion to Catholicism in 1668 and had an important rôle as intermediary between his uncle and Louis XIV. Created a cardinal in 1669, at the early age of twenty-four, he was provided with several rich benefices. In particular he was made Grand Almoner of France in 1671 and became Supreme Abbot of the Cluniac Order in 1683.

His brother Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne was the next Duke of Bouillon. His oldest sister Élisabeth, married Charles III, Duke of Elbeuf, son of Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf and Catherine Henriette de Bourbon.

Louvois, the powerful minister of Louis XIV, inspired by enmity to the house of Turenne, successfully opposed certain of his demands on the king for the benefit of members of his family, and the cardinal's disappointment vented itself in a bitter satire on his royal master. This was used to effect Bouillon's downfall at court.