Richelieu, Armand-Jean du Plessis, cardinal and duke de
- Richelieu, Armand-Jean du Plessis, cardinal and duke de
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born Sept. 9, 1585, Richelieu, Poitou, 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. As the first bishop in France to implement reforms decreed by the Council of
Trent, he brought order to a diocese ruined by the Wars of
Religion. In 1614 he was elected a deputy of the clergy in the
Estates-General, where he was noted as a conciliatory force. He became an adviser to
Marie de Médicis in 1616 and later councillor to her son, Louis XIII. Named a cardinal in 1622, he served as chief minister from 1624 and became the controlling influence in France's policies. He established royal absolutism in France by suppressing the political power of the
Huguenots and reducing the influence of the nobles. In foreign policy, he sought to weaken Habsburg control of Europe and involved France in the Thirty Years' War. Devious and brilliant, he increased the power of the
Bourbon dynasty and established orderly government in France. He also founded the
Académie Française and rebuilt the Sorbonne.
Cardinal de Richelieu, detail of a portrait by Philippe de Champaigne; in the Louvre, Paris
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York
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2010.
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