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The cardinal had been a friend of Cinq-Mars's father. [71] More importantly, Richelieu hoped that Cinq-Mars would become Louis's favourite, so that he could indirectly exercise greater influence over the monarch's decisions. Cinq-Mars had become the royal favourite by 1639, but, contrary to Cardinal Richelieu's belief, he was not easy to control.
Armand Emmanuel Sophie Septimanie de Vignerot du Plessis, 5th Duke of Richelieu and Fronsac (25 September 1766 – 17 May 1822), was a French statesman during the Bourbon Restoration. He was known by the courtesy title of Count of Chinon until 1788, then Duke of Fronsac until 1791, when he succeeded his father as Duke of Richelieu.
François du Plessis, sieur de Richelieu (c. 1548 –10 June 1590) [1] was a French noble, military officer, and royal official during the French Wars of Religion. Born into an obscure noble family from Poitou, Richelieu began his career in the service of the Montpensier .
It was created on 26 November 1629 for Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu (known as Cardinal Richelieu) who, as a Catholic clergyman, had no issue to pass it down to. It instead passed to his great-nephew, Armand Jean de Vignerot , [ 2 ] grandson of his elder sister Françoise du Plessis (1577–1615), who had married René de Vignerot ...
In 1862, upon the death of his father, he became the Marquis of Jumilhac. In 1879, upon the death of his paternal uncle, Armand François Odet Chapelle de Jumilhac, he succeeded as the 6th Duke of Richelieu. His father-in-law, Michel Heine, paid to restore what remained of the Château de Richelieu and domaine. He did not retain the title long ...
He was carefully raised with his two brothers under the direction of his father's sister, the Duchess of Aiguillon, who had a marked preference for him. [5] He became Duke of Richelieu by substitution and invested with the dignity of peer of France by the will of his great-uncle, Cardinal Richelieu, when barely thirteen years old at the latter ...
Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis was born in Paris, and Louis XIV of France was his godfather. In his early days, he was thrice imprisoned in the Bastille: in 1711 at the instance of his stepfather, in 1716 in consequence of a duel, and in 1719 for his share in the Cellamare Conspiracy of Giulio Alberoni against Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, the regent for Louis XV of France.
Cardinal Richelieu (Armand-Jean du Plessis, 1585–1642), Louis XIII's chief minister Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu (1582–1653), French Carthusian bishop and Cardinal Louis François Armand du Plessis, duc de Richelieu (1696–1788), marshal of France, grandnephew of the cardinal