He tried for a rapprochement with Louis XV of France on Fleury's death in January 1743, but was disgraced a second time and exiled to Issoire, then to Riom.
The trial was held in the city of Riom in central France, and had mainly political aims - namely to project the responsibility of defeat onto the leaders of the left-wing Popular Front government that had been elected in 1936.
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He knew the name of the particular jurisdictions and made it subordinate to the Seneschal of Riom.
Before its excision, the 6th constituency consisted of Aigueperse, Combronde, Ennezat, Manzat, Menat, Montaigut en Combraille, Pionsat, Pontaumur, Pontgibaud, Randan, Riom, Saint-Gervais-d'Auvergne.