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Cardinal Richelieu

1585 - 1642

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Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu (9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), commonly known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French Catholic prelate and statesman who had an outsized influence in civil and religious affairs. He became known as the Red Eminence (French: l'Éminence Rouge), a term derived from the style of Eminence applied to cardinals and their customary red robes. Consecrated a bishop in 1607, Richelieu was appointed Foreign Secretary in 1616. He continued to rise through the hierarchy of both the Catholic Church and the French government, becoming a cardinal in 1622 and chief minister to King Louis XIII of France in 1624. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cardinal Richelieu is the 200th most popular politician (down from 163rd in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from France (down from 57th in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Politician.

Cardinal Richelieu was a French clergyman and politician who served as the chief minister of France from 1624 to 1642. He is best known for his role in the Thirty Years' War.

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Among politicians, Cardinal Richelieu ranks 200 out of 19,576. Before him are Salman of Saudi Arabia, Napoleon II, Lee Kuan Yew, Orhan, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and Louis XVII of France. After him are James V of Scotland, Harald Bluetooth, Philip II of Macedon, William I, German Emperor, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Kösem Sultan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1585, Cardinal Richelieu ranks 1. After him are Heinrich Schütz, Cornelius Jansen, Hendrick Avercamp, Uriel da Costa, John George I, Elector of Saxony, Anna of Tyrol, Jacob Le Maire, Lucilio Vanini, Zacharias Janssen, Jacques Lemercier, and John Rolfe. Among people deceased in 1642, Cardinal Richelieu ranks 2. Before him is Galileo Galilei. After him are Marie de' Medici, Guido Reni, Saskia van Uylenburgh, Safi of Persia, Dmitry Pozharsky, Pieter van Laer, Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, Friedrich Kettler, Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Frans Francken the Younger.

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In France

Among people born in France, Cardinal Richelieu ranks 64 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre de Fermat (1601), Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1520), Philip IV of France (1268), Napoleon II (1811), Louis XVII of France (1785), and Gustave Eiffel (1832). After him are Maurice Ravel (1875), Romain Rolland (1866), Charles Perrault (1628), Hector Berlioz (1803), Auguste Rodin (1840), and Georges Bizet (1838).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Cardinal Richelieu ranks 18. Before him are Louis XVIII of France (1755), Claudius (-10), Henry IV of France (1553), Philip IV of France (1268), Napoleon II (1811), and Louis XVII of France (1785). After him are Francis I of France (1494), Charles X of France (1757), Jacques Chirac (1932), Henry III of France (1551), Louis IX of France (1214), and Louis Philippe I (1773).

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