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Cardinal Richelieu

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Profession
Religious Leader
Died
Dec 4, 1642
Zodiac
Virgo
Born in
ParisFrance
About
This powerful seventeenth-century religious and political leader served as Chief Minister to King Louis XIII of France and was also appointed French Secretary of State. He played a major role in limiting the power of the European Habsburg family and in securing France's victory in the Thirty Years' War.
Family
Born Armand Jean du Plessis, he grew up in Paris, France, as the fourth child of François du Plessis and Susanne de La Porte.

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