biography
pronunciation:
[dübwah]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1656–1723)
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| biography:
| French statesman, cardinal, and prime minister (1722), born in Brives-la-Gaillarde, SC France. He was first tutor and then secretary to the Duc de Chartres (1674–1723); and when the latter (as Duke of Orléans) became regent in 1715, Dubois was virtually all powerful. He was appointed foreign minister, Archbishop of Cambrai (both in 1720), and a cardinal (1721), before becoming prime minister. |
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