CARDINAL DUBOIS (Guillaume) 1656 - 1723.

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CARDINAL DUBOIS (Guillaume) 1656 - 1723.
Archbishop of CAMBRAI in 1720, Cardinal in 1721 and Prime Minister in 1722. Scandalous character of the Regency. He was tutor of the Duke of CHARTRES (future Duke of ORLÉANS, Regent), he instructed and corrupted his pupil - Letter signed Paris on April 27, 1720. 4pp in-4°: "Since Madame la Princesse de MODÈNE believes she will find some satisfaction in embarking at MARSEILLE, a courier is dispatched to bring the order to the Galleys to wait for her there. If the parliament of PROVENCE asks you if it must depute, I believe that you must answer that you do not have any order on that, and if it were necessary to answer I believe that you would do better to answer no than yes..."
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