Cardinal Richelieu

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Catholic cardinal French politician Roman Catholic clergyman diplomat historical figure human nobleman statesman writer

Cardinal Richelieu is a powerful and cunning 17th-century French statesman and clergyman, often depicted in literature and film as a master political strategist and formidable antagonist.

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Observed surface forms (8)

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Armand Jean du Plessis 3
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu 3
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu 3

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic cardinal ⓘ
French politician ⓘ
Roman Catholic clergyman ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
human ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
writer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
surface form: Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu

Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
surface form: Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu

Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
surface form: Cardinal de Richelieu
appearsIn The Three Musketeers ⓘ
birthDate 1585-09-09 ⓘ
birthName Cardinal Richelieu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Armand Jean du Plessis
birthPlace Kingdom of France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
creatorOf French royal centralization policies ⓘ
deathDate 1642-12-04 ⓘ
deathPlace Kingdom of France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
education Collège de Navarre ⓘ
La Sorbonne ⓘ
surface form: Collège de Sorbonne
familyName du Plessis ⓘ
fieldOfWork diplomacy ⓘ
politics ⓘ
statecraft ⓘ
theology ⓘ
founded Académie française ⓘ
surface form: Académie Française
givenName Armand ⓘ
Jean ⓘ
influenced development of the modern French state ⓘ
memberOf College of Cardinals ⓘ
French nobility ⓘ
monarchServed King Louis XIII ⓘ
surface form: Louis XIII of France
nobleTitle Duke of Richelieu ⓘ
notableEvent Siege of La Rochelle (1572–1573) ⓘ
surface form: Siege of La Rochelle
notableWork centralization of royal power in France ⓘ
development of French navy ⓘ
foreign policy during the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
founding of the Académie Française ⓘ
strengthening of absolute monarchy in France ⓘ
suppression of Huguenot political power ⓘ
participatedIn Thirty Years' War ⓘ
placeOfBurial Sorbonne Chapel ⓘ
politicalIdeology absolutism ⓘ
portrayedAs formidable antagonist in literature and film ⓘ
master political strategist ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Luçon ⓘ
Cardinal ⓘ
Chief Minister of France ⓘ
Prime Minister of France ⓘ
surface form: First Minister of State of France

Foreign Secretary of France ⓘ
Grand Master of the Navigation and Commerce of France ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

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Milady de Winter → allegiance → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Cardinal Richelieu → alsoKnownAs → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
Cardinal Richelieu → alsoKnownAs → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu
Cardinal Richelieu → alsoKnownAs → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cardinal de Richelieu
the inseparables → antagonisticForces → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
subject surface form: the Inseparables
Duke of Buckingham → associatedWith → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Duke of Richelieu → associatedWith → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Duke of Richelieu → associatedWith → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armand Jean du Plessis
du Plessis → associatedWith → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu
Cardinal Richelieu → birthName → Cardinal Richelieu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armand Jean du Plessis
Sorbonne Chapel → burialPlaceOf → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
French Crown → centralizedPowerUnder → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
King Louis XIII → chiefMinister → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis XIII of France
Huguenot rebellions → commander → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Sorbonne Chapel → commissionedBy → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Duke of Buckingham → conflictWith → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Huguenot rebellions → conflictWith → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Anne de Breuil → employer → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Louis Dieudonné → employer → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Athos → enemyOf → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Constance Bonacieux → enemyOf → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
d'Artagnan → enemyOf → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Musketeer cycle → featuresHistoricalFigure → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Académie française → founder → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Académie française → founder → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu
French Crown → hadChiefMinister → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Musketeer cycle → hasFictionalAntagonist → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cardinal Richelieu (fictionalized portrayal)
Sorbonne Chapel → hasTomb → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Justus Lipsius → influenced → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
French royal court → keyCulturalFigure → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Comte de la Fère → loyalTo → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cardinal de Tréville
Richelieu Wing → namedAfter → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
King Louis XIII → notableAdvisor → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis XIII of France
du Plessis → notableBearer → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu
d'Artagnan Romances → notableCharacter → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Thirty Years' War → notableCommander → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu
Duke of Richelieu → notableTitleHolder → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu
Marie de’ Medici → opponent → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Nicolas Poussin → patron → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Cardinal Mazarin → predecessor → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Duke of Richelieu → relatedTitle → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cardinal de Richelieu
The Three Musketeers → supportingCharacter → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Bishop of Luçon → titleHolder → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armand Jean du Plessis
Bishop of Luçon → titleHolder → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
Duke of Richelieu → titleHolder → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu
Milady de Winter → worksFor → Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ