Louis François Armand du Plessis duc de Richelieu (1696–1788)
Author of Vita privata del maresciallo di Richelieu
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Do not confuse or combine him with Cardinal Richelieu, his great-grand-uncle.
Image credit: Louis-François-Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, painted by Jean-Marc Nattier
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- Legal name
- Louis-François-Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu
- Birthdate
- 1696-03-13
- Date of death
- 1788-08-08
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- aristocrat
military commander
Marshal of France
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- Louis-Francois-Armand de Vignerot du Plessis was the son of the grand-nephew of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu. King Louis XIV was his godfather. He was duc de Richelieu and duc de Fronsac from 1715. He was notorious for his debauchery and famous for his achievements in war. He was elected to the Académie française in 1720 and was made a marshal of France in 1748.
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- France
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Disambiguation notice
- Do not confuse or combine him with Cardinal Richelieu, his great-grand-uncle.
- Associated Place (for map)
- Paris, France
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