Cardinal Richelieu

Born

September 9, 1585

Died

December 4, 1642 (aged 57)

Known as

politician, diplomat, art collector, writer, Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

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.

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