Cardinal Richelieu, French prelate and statesman, 1640. Artist: Philippe de Champaigne
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Cardinal Richelieu, French prelate and statesman, 1640. Armand Jean Duplessis, Duc de Richelieu (1585-1642) was made a Cardinal in 1622. Minister of state to Louis XIII, he was de facto ruler of France from 1624. From the Sorbonne, Paris.