Giovanni Battista Caprara
Giovanni Battista Caprara Montecuccoli (1733 – 1810) was an Italian statesman and cardinal and archbishop of Milan from 1802 to 1810. As a papal diplomat he served in the embassies in Cologne, Lausanne, and Vienna. As Legate of Pius VII in France, he implemented the Concordat of 1801, and negotiated with the Emperor Napoleon over the matter of appointments to the restored hierarchy in France. He crowned Napoleon as King of Italy in Milan in 1805.
Giovanni Battista Caprara | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal, Archbishop of Milan | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Milan |
| Appointed | 24 May 1802 |
| Term ended | 21 June 1810 |
| Predecessor | Filippo Maria Visconti |
| Successor | Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal Priest of Sant'Onofrio |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 8 December 1766 (Bishop) by Pope Clement XIII |
| Created cardinal | 18 June 1792 by Pope Pius VI |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 May 1733 Bologna, Papal States |
| Died | 21 June 1810 (aged 77) Paris, French Republic |
| Buried | Cathedral of Milan |
| Coat of arms | |
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