Cardinal Richelieu

Ordination history o Cardinal Richelieu
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Anne d'Escars de Givry
Date of consecration	17 Aprile 1607
Cardinalate
Date o elevation	5 September 1622

Armand Jean du Plessis
Cardinal de Richelieu
His Grand Eminence; Armand Jean du Plessis; Cardinal de Richelieu
	Bishop o Luçon
	Portrait o Cardinal Richelieu, 1637, Champaigne, Naitional Museum in Warsaw
Metropolis	Bordeaux
Diocese	Luçon
See	Luçon
Installed	17 Aprile 1607
Term endit	29 Aprile 1624
Predecessor	Alphonse Louis du Plessis
Successor	Jules Mazarin
Ither posts	Duke o Richelieu; Duke o Fronsac; Chief Meenister o the French Keeng (1624–1642);
Orders
Consecration	17 April 1607; bi Anne d'Escars de Givry
Creatit Cardinal	5 September 1622
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name	Armand Jean du Plessis
Born	9 September 1585; Paris, Fraunce
Deed	4 December 1642 (aged 57); Palais Cardinal, Paris, Fraunce
Naitionality	French
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post	Territorial abbot Coadjutor o Cluny (1627–1635); Territorial abbot o Cluny (1635–1642);
Alma mater	Collège de Navarre
Signatur
Coat o airms

Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duke o Richelieu an o Fronsac (9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642) wis a French clergyman, noble an statesman. He wis the builder othe Palais Royal (cried the Palais Cardinal) in Paris.