Cardinal Richelieu
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Jun 14, 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.
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Cardinal Richelieu - French Statesman, Diplomat: In his last...
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Cardinal Richelieu, in full Armand-Jean du Plessis, cardinal...
- Later Years in The Church
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.
Jun 14, 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.
2 days ago · When Cardinal Richelieu died on December 4, 1642, he was buried in the Sorbonne Chapel in Paris - an institution he financed and supported as one of the centers of the Scientific Revolution. Despite its constantly raging internal contradictions, France remained a unified country for the past 1,000 years, which is unprecedented for Europe.
3 days ago · Cardinal Richelieu, French chief minister from 1624 until 1642, and creator of the anti-Habsburg alliance. In March 1635, French soldiers entered the Valtellina, cutting the link between Spanish controlled Milan and the Empire.
4 days ago · Elevated to the rank of Cardinal in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV, Richelieu developed the strategy for the siege of the rebel port city whose Protestant inhabitants were relying on English help in...
Jun 15, 2024 · “The same thing that has become of me: It will be a ghost of its former self,” the Cardinal sighed, as his lustrous red robes turned diaphanous. Some of the bone stacks against the wall assembled themselves into skeletons, formed a circle and began to sing, “Dansons la carmagnole!”
