 During the 1715-1723 Regency or Régence that succeeded Louis XIV, he was offered the post of Ambassador to Rome but turned it down; his position as Governor of La Dauphiné was transferred to Louis, later Duke of Orléans in 1719.He was buried in the Couvent des Théatins in Paris, which was demolished in 1825.The title 'Duke of Roannais' became extinct on his death but his subsidiary titles and lands passed to Jacques d'Aubusson, Baron Miremont.