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9 matches to Richelieu
Académie Française. Assembly of 40 “immortals” founded 1635 by Richelieu to set literary standards, language.
Chevreuse, Duchesse de. 1600-79. Plot vs Richelieu. Important role in the Fronde.
Cinq-Mars, Marquis de. 1620-42. Opponent of Richelieu, beheaded.
Girardon, François. 1628-1715. French Baroque sculptor. Tomb of Richelieu 1675-7.
Louis XIII. The Just. 1601-43. French King 1610-. With Richelieu, extended monarchs power. Absolutism.
Marie de Medici. 1573-1642. Queen consort to Henry IV, mother of Louis XIII. Regent 1610-14. Built Luxembourg Palace. Opposed Richelieu. Banished 1630. Died penniless.
Orléans, Gaston, duc d’. 1608-60. French prince vs Richelieu. Exiled 1632-2. Led Fronde.
Prime Minister. =Premier. Head of parliamentary government under the head of state (monarch or president). Walpole (1721-42) considered first British Prime Minister. Richelieu 1624 France. Chancellor.
Richelieu, Cardinal. 1585-1642. French politician 1624-. Built power of Louis XIII.