#KingLouisXIV chose not to appoint a new first minister when, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1661, #CardinalMazarin died. The steady accretion of power since #LouisXIII & #CardinalRichelieu made the "Sun King" an #absolutist ruler, but his government was still much weaker than is ours.
DYK Hollywood’s 1930’s #HaysCode favored the Catholic church when censoring American films? It turned #CARDINALRichelieu in 1948 #ThreeMusketeers to DUKE Richelieu & the villainous PRIEST in 1939 #HunchBackofNotreDame to a LORD. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
Gian Lorenzo #Bernini (1598-1680)
Portrait of #ArmandJeanduPlessis (1585-1642), Duke of Richelieu, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1640-42
Louvre
#CardinalRichelieu #Richelieu #Bourbon
#PhilippedeChampaigne (1602-74)
Portrait of #ArmandJeanduPlessis (1585-1642), Duke of Richelieu, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1640-2
National Gallery
#CardinalRichelieu #Richelieu #Bourbon
#PhilippedeChampaigne (1602-74)
Portrait of #ArmandJeanduPlessis (1585-1642), Duke of Richelieu, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1639
Louvre
#CardinalRichelieu #Richelieu #Bourbon
#PhilippedeChampaigne (1602-74)
Portrait of #ArmandJeanduPlessis (1585-1642), Duke of Richelieu, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1635-40
National Gallery
#CardinalRichelieu #Richelieu #Bourbon
#PhilippedeChampaigne (1602-74)
Portrait of #ArmandJeanduPlessis (1585-1642), Duke of Richelieu, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1636
Musée Condé
#CardinalRichelieu #Richelieu #Bourbon
Shoutout to those 80s kids who when they see the name "Cardinal Richelieu" think of cartoon dogs
#Dogtanian #CardinalRichelieu
#OTD #TDIH #December4, 1642 #DOTD: #RIP #CardinalRichelieu. #LEminenceRouge #FrenchMonarchy #LouisXIII #Centralization #ThirtyYearsWar #UniversityOfParis #Sorbonne #CollegeDeSorbonne #FrenchAcademy #TheThreeMusketeers #AncienRegime #France
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ylZ...
#OTD #TDIH #December4, 1642 #DOTD: #RIP #CardinalRichelieu. #LEminenceRouge #FrenchMonarchy #LouisXIII #Centralization #ThirtyYearsWar #UniversityOfParis #Sorbonne #CollegeDeSorbonne #FrenchAcademy #TheThreeMusketeers #AncienRegime #France
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwEB...
The image of #CardinalRichelieu, carefully crafted during his lifetime, soon became that of a demonic schemer. How?
⌛ 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞
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Philippe de Champaigne's full-length portrait of Cardinal Richelieu
Duc Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu was born #OnThisDay in 1585, ruling #France as Louis XIII's prime minister from 1624 until his death in 1642. #CardinalRichelieu was the most important figure in French #history other than Louis XIV & Napoléon...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardina...
Richelieu
Louis XIII named Armand Jean du Plessis first minister of state on this day in 1624, #CardinalRichelieu ruled #France until his death in 1642 & saved Protestantism in Germany by lending French support to the Protestant princes during the #ThirtyYearsWar:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardina...
