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Cardinal Richelieu

1700-1900

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Cardinal Richelieu
  • Title
  • Cardinal Richelieu
  • Date
  • 1700-1900
  • Identifier
  • DARIMG1350
  • Description
  • Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu (1585–1642) was a French clergyman, noble, and statesman. Consecrated as a bishop in 1607, he later entered politics, becoming a Secretary of State in 1616. Richelieu soon rose in both the Church and the state, becoming a cardinal in 1622, and King Louis XIII's chief minister in 1624. He remained in office until his death in 1642; he was succeeded by Jules Cardinal Mazarin.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • prints (visual works)
    engravings (prints)
  • Subject
  • Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de, 1585-1642--Portraits.
    Engraving.
  • Source
  • DARIMAGE
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Darlington Digital Library
  • Rights Information
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