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He was named a cardinal by Pope Clement XI on 29 November 1719; his red biretta was sent to him in France on 23 December 1719. He did not visit Rome, and was not assigned a titular church.[7] He was invested with his biretta by King Louis XV personally, and granted the abbey of S. Étienne de Caen.[8]
He died in Reims on 13 September 1721, and was buried in the cathedral.[9]
