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Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu (French: [aʁmɑ̃ ʒɑ̃ dy plɛsi]; 9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French statesman and prelate of the Catholic Church.
Jul 26, 2024 · Cardinal Richelieu (1585–1642) was the chief minister to King Louis XIII of France from 1624 to 1642. His major goals were the establishment of royal absolutism in France and the end of Spanish-Habsburg hegemony in Europe.
Sep 21, 2021 · Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642) was one of France's most significant leaders because he both strengthened and consolidated the power of the monarchy. He was chief minister to Louis XIII, and he changed the nature of the French government and society.
Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu (September 9, 1585 – December 4, 1642), was a French clergyman, noble, and statesman. He was consecrated as a bishop in 1607, he later entered politics, becoming a Secretary of State in 1616.
Armand Jean du Plessis, better known as Cardinal Richelieu (9 September 1585–4 December 1642) was a French clergyman, noble, and statesman. His full name was Armand Jean du Plessis. He was later created the Duke of Richelieu and duke of Fronsac.
Jun 14, 2024 · Cardinal Richelieu, in full Armand-Jean du Plessis, cardinal and duke de Richelieu, (born Sept. 9, 1585, Poitou or Paris, France—died Dec. 4, 1642, Paris), French statesman and chief minister to Louis XIII. Born to a minor noble family, he was ordained a priest in 1607 and became bishop of Luçon.
RICHELIEU, ARMAND-JEAN DU PLESSIS, CARDINAL (1585 – 1642), French ecclesiastical and political figure. Richelieu was the youngest son of a middle-ranking noble family from Poitou, whose father enjoyed short-lived prominence as grand provost of France under Henry III (ruled 1574 – 1589), but whose early death and bankruptcy (1590) spelled ...
Jul 26, 2024 · Cardinal Richelieu - French Minister, Diplomat, Statesman: In 1624 another crisis, over the Valtellina in northern Italy, led to a ministerial reconstruction and to the cardinal’s appointment as secretary of state for commerce and marine and chief of the royal council.
Richelieu, ARMAND-JEAN DU PLESSIS, CARDINAL, DUKE DE, French statesman, b. in Paris, September 5, 1585; d. there December 4, 1642. At first he intended to follow a military career, but when, in 1605, his brother Alfred resigned the Bishopric of Luton and retired to the Grande Chartreuse, Richelieu obtained the see from Henry IV and withdrew to ...
Richelieu became a Cardinal in 1622, and most scholars agree he came to power in 1624 when he became firmly entrenched in his role as the Chief Minister to King Louis XIII. The Queen Mother may have made her peace with her son Louis, but she did not forgive Richelieu so easily.
