 This prevented him from defending himself against the monks of Cluny who sought a parliament ruling against Bouillon's rule over them.With similar motives in mind as for his tomb project in Cluny, i.e.as contributing factors to a grander scheme of establishing his family as sovereign princes, the cardinal employed Étienne Baluze to compose an "Histoire généalogique de la maison d'Auvergne" (1708, 2 vols.