Europe 1 Studio SEASON 2021 - 202207:00 a.m., March 30, 2022

On each of his portraits, Cardinal Dubois sketches a slight smile tinged with mischief... The worst rumors have circulated about him, but are they true?

In this new episode of the Europe 1 Studio podcast "At the heart of History", Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach seeks to find out who Guillaume Dubois, principal minister of Regent Philippe d'Orléans, really was.

Poisoner, fornicator, manipulator… The most malicious rumors are peddled on Guillaume Dubois, minister of Philippe d'Orléans, regent of the kingdom of France during the minority of Louis XV.

In this new episode of the Europe 1 Studio podcast "At the heart of history", Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach paints a more nuanced portrait of this ambitious and complex being. 

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Writing and presentation: Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach

Producer: Timothée Magot

Directed by: Oscar Vataire 

Broadcaster: Eloise Bertil

Graphics: Sidonie Mangin

Bibliography: 

The Regent and Cardinal Dubois, The Art of Ambiguity

, Pierre Thomas

The orgies of the Regency: memoirs of Cardinal Dubois, Paul Lacroix

Cardinal Dubois and the regency of Philippe d'Orléans: the cardinal ministers, 

M. Capefigue, 1861 

Memoirs, Monsieur le Duc de Saint Simon

Cardinal Dubois 1656-1723, Guy Chaussinand Nogaret, Perrin, 2000