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cardinal (1726–1743); president (1725–1725); abbot of Saint Etienne de Caen (1721–1743); Member of the Académie française (1717–1743)."},{"q":"Where did André-Hercule de Fleury study?","a":"André-Hercule de Fleury was educated at Lycée Louis-le-Grand."}],"related":[{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"},{"name":"Pope Gregory XIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-xiii"},{"name":"Pope Clement VII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-vii"},{"name":"Pope Hormisdas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-hormisdas"},{"name":"Pope Innocent VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-viii"},{"name":"Pope Alexander VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-alexander-viii"},{"name":"Pope Innocent X","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-x"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/andre-hercule-de-fleury-859f7dd9dd.jpg","width":500,"height":618,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Workshop of Hyacinthe Rigaud","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cardinal_de_Fleury_by_Rigaud.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): André-Hercule de Fleury","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9-Hercule_de_Fleury","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q439144","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q439144","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Cardinal de Fleury by Rigaud.jpg by Workshop of Hyacinthe Rigaud (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cardinal_de_Fleury_by_Rigaud.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article André-Hercule de Fleury, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Cardinal de Fleury by Rigaud.jpg — Workshop of Hyacinthe Rigaud, Public domain.","cite":"\"André-Hercule de Fleury\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/andre-hercule-de-fleury. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-02T08:05:35Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/andre-hercule-de-fleury","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/andre-hercule-de-fleury","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/andre-hercule-de-fleury?lang=ne"}}