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.

Aliases (8)

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic cardinal → French politician → Roman Catholic clergyman → diplomat → historical figure → human → nobleman → statesman → writer →
alsoKnownAs	Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu → Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu → Cardinal de Richelieu →
appearsIn	The Three Musketeers →
birthDate	1585-09-09 →
birthName	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 → Collège de Sorbonne →
familyName	du Plessis →
fieldOfWork	diplomacy → politics → statecraft → theology →
founded	Académie Française →
givenName	Armand → Jean →
influenced	development of the modern French state →
memberOf	College of Cardinals → French nobility →
monarchServed	Louis XIII of France →
nobleTitle	Duke of Richelieu →
notableEvent	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 → 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)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Duke of Buckingham → Duke of Richelieu → Duke of Richelieu ("Armand Jean du Plessis") → du Plessis ("Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu") →	associatedWith
Cardinal Richelieu ("Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu") → Cardinal Richelieu ("Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu") → Cardinal Richelieu ("Cardinal de Richelieu") →	alsoKnownAs
Athos → Constance Bonacieux → d'Artagnan →	enemyOf
Bishop of Luçon ("Armand Jean du Plessis") → Bishop of Luçon → Duke of Richelieu ("Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu") →	titleHolder
Duke of Buckingham → Huguenot rebellions →	conflictWith
Anne de Breuil → Louis Dieudonné →	employer
Académie française → Académie française ("Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu") →	founder
Milady de Winter →	allegiance
the Inseparables →	antagonisticForces
Cardinal Richelieu ("Armand Jean du Plessis") →	birthName
Sorbonne Chapel →	burialPlaceOf
French Crown →	centralizedPowerUnder
Louis XIII of France →	chiefMinister
Huguenot rebellions →	commander
Sorbonne Chapel →	commissionedBy
Musketeer cycle →	featuresHistoricalFigure
French Crown →	hadChiefMinister
Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) →	hasCommander
Musketeer cycle ("Cardinal Richelieu (fictionalized portrayal)") →	hasFictionalAntagonist
Sorbonne Chapel →	hasTomb
Justus Lipsius →	influenced
French royal court →	keyCulturalFigure
Comte de la Fère ("Cardinal de Tréville") →	loyalTo
Richelieu Wing →	namedAfter
Louis XIII of France →	notableAdvisor
du Plessis ("Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu") →	notableBearer
d'Artagnan Romances →	notableCharacter
Thirty Years' War →	notableCommander
Collège Royal Henry-Le-Grand at La Flèche ("Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu") →	notableStudent
Duke of Richelieu ("Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu") →	notableTitleHolder
Marie de’ Medici →	opponent
Nicolas Poussin →	patron
The Three Musketeers (1921 film) →	portraysCharacter
Cardinal Mazarin →	predecessor
Duke of Richelieu ("Cardinal de Richelieu") →	relatedTitle
Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne →	servedUnder
The Three Musketeers →	supportingCharacter
Milady de Winter →	worksFor