Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
✶September 9, 1585
†December 4, 1642
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✶September 9, 1585
†December 4, 1642
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Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu, commonly known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French Catholic prelate and statesman who had an outsized influence in civil and religious affairs. He became known as the Red Eminence, a term derived from the style of Eminence applied to cardinals and their customary red robes.
French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)
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