Guillaume Dubois


Guillaume Dubois

Cardinal, Archbishop of Cambrai
Cardinal Guillaume Dubois by Hyacinthe Rigaud (1723)
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseCambrai
ProvinceLille
MetropolisLille
Appointed6 May 1720
Term ended10 August 1723
PredecessorJoseph-Emmanuel de La Trémoille
SuccessorCharles de Saint-Albin
Orders
Ordination25 February 1720 (deacon)
3 March 1720 (priest)
by Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan
Consecration9 June 1720 (bishop)
by Armand de Rohan
Created cardinal16 July 1721
by Pope Innocent XIII
Personal details
Born(1656-09-06)6 September 1656
Died10 August 1723(1723-08-10) (aged 66)
Versailles, France
BuriedSaint-Roch, Paris
NationalityFrench
ProfessionClergyman, politician
EducationChristian Doctrine Fathers
Member of the Académie française
In office
20 September 1722 – 10 August 1723
Preceded byAndré Dacier
Succeeded byCharles-Jean-François Hénault
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office
24 September 1718 – 10 August 1723
MonarchsLouis XV
Philippe II of Orléans (as Regent)
Preceded byNicolas Chalon du Blé
Succeeded byCharles Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau
Chief Minister of the French Monarch
In office
2 September 1715 – 10 August 1723
MonarchsLouis XV
Philippe II of Orléans (as Regent)
Preceded byJean-Baptiste Colbert (1661–1683)
Succeeded byLouis Henri of Bourbon
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Guillaume Dubois (6 September 1656 – 10 August 1723) was a French cardinal and statesman.