Armand Jean Duplessis Duc de Richelieu Cardinal Richelieu French prelate and statesman Cardinal 1624 Minister of State to Louis XIII and de facto...
{"Image ImageDescription": "Armand Jean Duplessis, Duc de Richelieu (1585-1642), Cardinal Richelieu. French prelate and statesman. Cardinal 1624. Minister of State to Louis XIII and de facto ruler of France from 1629. Full length portrait by Philippe de Champagne (1642-1674), French painter. Sorbonne, Paris. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)"}