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Also Known As Armand-Jean du Plessis, cardinal et duc de Richelieu • the Red Eminence • l’Éminence Rouge
Born September 9, 1585 • France
Died December 4, 1642 (aged 57) • Paris • France
Founder French Academy
Role In Day of the Dupes • Siege of La Rochelle • Thirty Years’ War

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