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The title became extinct in 1952 upon the death of the 8th Duke of Richelieu, Marie Odet Jean Armand Chapelle de Jumilhac, son of the 7th Duke of Richelieu and of Alice Heine (1858–1925). Alice was widowed in 1880 and remarried to Prince Albert I of Monaco in 1889.
Armand Jean du Plessis, [a] 1st Duke of Richelieu (9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), known as Cardinal Richelieu, [b] was a French Catholic prelate and statesman who had an outsized influence in civil and religious affairs.
Armand Emmanuel Sophie Septimanie de Vignerot du Plessis, 5th Duke of Richelieu and Fronsac (25 September 1766 – 17 May 1822), was a French statesman during the Bourbon Restoration. He was known by the courtesy title of Count of Chinon until 1788, then Duke of Fronsac until 1791, when he succeeded his father as Duke of Richelieu .
Louis XIII and Richelieu were planning a marriage for Gaston, Duke of Orléans, the king’s younger brother. As Louis and his Queen Anne of Austria were childless, Gaston was the only heir to the throne. Their choice fell on Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier.
Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis was born in Paris, and Louis XIV of France was his godfather. In his early days, he was thrice imprisoned in the Bastille: in 1711 at the instance of his stepfather, in 1716 in consequence of a duel, and in 1719 for his share in the Cellamare Conspiracy of Giulio Alberoni against Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, the regent for Louis XV of France.
Henry Benedict Thomas Edward Maria Clement Francis Xavier Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York (6 March 1725 – 13 July 1807) was a Roman Catholic cardinal, and was the third and final Jacobite heir to publicly claim the thrones of Great Britain and Ireland, as the younger grandson of King James II of England.
The Duke died, aged only 32, on 28 June 1880 while in Athens, Greece. After his death, his widow remarried to the reigning Prince Albert I of Monaco in 1889, becoming the Princess consort of Monaco. [9] [10] She died in Paris in 1925. [11] The dukedom of Richelieu became extinct in 1952 upon the death of their son. [5]
The State Barge of Cardinal Richelieu on the Rhône is an 1829 history painting by the French artist Paul Delaroche. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It depicts the state barge of Cardinal Richelieu on the River Rhône in Southern France .