Cardinal Richelieu
Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu (1585–1642), Chief Minister of France under Louis XIII from 1624, who centralised royal authority by dismantling Huguenot political fortresses, curtailed noble power, established the Académie française in 1635, and drew France into the Thirty Years' War to check Habsburg dominance of Europe.
- Nationality: french
- Roles: statesman, cardinal
