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Cardinal Richelieu 1585-1642 La Rochelle was starved into submission in 1628, and Richelieu destroyed Montauban, the last refuge of Huguenot independence. From 1629 he was the Chief Minister and effective ruler of France. - TopFoto
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King of France's chief advisor, 1624-42 Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, Cardinal, French statesman, was born of … | Thirty years' war, French history, History
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