Guillaume Dubois
Guillaume Dubois (6 September 1656 – 10 August 1723) was a French cardinal and statesman.
Guillaume Dubois | |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Cambrai | |
Cardinal Guillaume Dubois by Hyacinthe Rigaud (1723) | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Cambrai |
| Province | Lille |
| Metropolis | Lille |
| Appointed | 6 May 1720 |
| Term ended | 10 August 1723 |
| Predecessor | Joseph-Emmanuel de La Trémoille |
| Successor | Charles de Saint-Albin |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 25 February 1720 (deacon) 3 March 1720 (priest) by Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan |
| Consecration | 9 June 1720 (bishop) by Armand de Rohan |
| Created cardinal | 16 July 1721 by Pope Innocent XIII |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 September 1656 Brive-la-Gaillarde, Limousin, France |
| Died | 10 August 1723 (aged 66) Versailles, France |
| Buried | Saint-Roch, Paris |
| Nationality | French |
| Profession | Clergyman, politician |
| Education | Christian Doctrine Fathers |
| Member of the Académie française | |
| In office 20 September 1722 – 10 August 1723 | |
| Preceded by | André Dacier |
| Succeeded by | Charles-Jean-François Hénault |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 24 September 1718 – 10 August 1723 | |
| Monarchs | Louis XV Philippe II of Orléans (as Regent) |
| Preceded by | Nicolas Chalon du Blé |
| Succeeded by | Charles Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau |
| Chief Minister of the French Monarch | |
| In office 2 September 1715 – 10 August 1723 | |
| Monarchs | Louis XV Philippe II of Orléans (as Regent) |
| Preceded by | Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1661–1683) |
| Succeeded by | Louis Henri of Bourbon |
| Signature | |
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