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Armand de Vignerot du Plessis

1696 - 1788

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Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd Duke of Richelieu (French: [lwi fʁɑ̃swa aʁmɑ̃ də viɲʁo dy plɛsi]; 13 March 1696 – 8 August 1788), was a French soldier, diplomat and statesman. He joined the army and participated in three major wars. He eventually rose to the rank of Marshal of France. He was the son of Armand Jean de Vignerot du Plessis, duc de Richelieu, who in turn was a great-nephew of Cardinal Richelieu, the prominent French statesman who had dominated France in the early 17th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Armand de Vignerot du Plessis is the 6,919th most popular politician (down from 3,282nd in 2019), the 1,990th most popular biography from France (down from 1,042nd in 2019) and the 481st most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis ranks 6,919 out of 19,576. Before him are Pushyamitra Shunga, Ron Paul, Kim Yo-jong, Raja Dahir, René Mayer, and Henry L. Stimson. After him are Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard, Chung Hong-won, Tullia Minor, Lugalbanda, Ragnvald Knaphövde, and José Antonio Aguirre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1696, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis ranks 11. Before him are Maurice de Saxe, Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Shah Jahan II, Abram Petrovich Gannibal, James Oglethorpe, and Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Johann Melchior Molter, Marco Foscarini, Vakhushti of Kartli, Francesca Cuzzoni, and Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen. Among people deceased in 1788, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis ranks 13. Before him are Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Johann Georg Hamann, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, José, Prince of Brazil, and Infante Gabriel of Spain. After him are Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon, Toriyama Sekien, and Giovanni Domenico Maraldi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis ranks 1,990 out of 6,770. Before him are Danielle Mitterrand (1924), Jules Perrot (1810), Liane de Pougy (1869), John II, Duke of Lorraine (1425), René Mayer (1895), and Achille Devéria (1800). After him are Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard (1652), Princess Louise of Orléans (1882), Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767), Jean-Antoine Marbot (1754), Pierre Beauchamp (1631), and Valentin de Boulogne (1591).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis ranks 481. Before him are Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (1491), Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721), Michel Debré (1912), Danielle Mitterrand (1924), John II, Duke of Lorraine (1425), and René Mayer (1895). After him are Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard (1652), Jean-Antoine Marbot (1754), Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin (1699), Jean-Pierre Jabouille (1942), Théophile Delcassé (1852), and Nicole Fontaine (1942).

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