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Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3784 words)
Richelieu was the fourth of five children and the last of three sons, born in Paris in 1585.
Meanwhile, the unsuccessful Marie de Médicis was exiled to Compiègne.
In 1622, Richelieu was elected the proviseur or principal of the Sorbonne.
Richelieu - MSN Encarta (451 words)
After 1630, when Marie de Médicis unsuccessfully intrigued to have her former protégé removed from his position, Richelieu was the virtual ruler of France.
To assure friendly relations with England, Richelieu's first important measure was to arrange a marriage between the king's sister, Henrietta Maria, and the Prince of Wales, afterward Charles I of England.
Richelieu, by vigorous and effective measures, succeeded in breaking the political power of the great families of France—making the king an absolute ruler—and in establishing France as the first military power of Europe.
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