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The 1666 census of New France, conducted some 20 years after the death of Cardinal Richelieu, showed a population of 3,215 habitants in New France, many more than there had been only a few decades earlier, but also a great difference in the number of men (2,034) and women (1,181). [68]
Upon Richelieu's death on 4 December 1642, he left the property to Louis XIII, and it became known as the Palais-Royal, although the name Palais-Cardinal sometimes still continued to be used. [17] Louis XIII died a few months later, on 14 May 1643, and despite his will, his widow, Queen Anne of Austria , at the request of her son, the four-year ...
Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars The Execution of Cinq-Mars and de Thou. The State Barge of Cardinal Richelieu on the Rhône by Paul Delaroche, 1829. Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi kwafje də ʁyze]; 1620 – 12 September 1642) was a favourite of King Louis XIII of France, who led the last and most nearly successful of many ...
The chapel was built as part of Cardinal Richelieu's reconstruction project in the 17th century, and is the only structure from the project that survives. The project started in 1627, with work on the chapel beginning in 1635 and completed in 1642, the year of Richelieu's death. [1]
The conspirators hatched a plot to assassinate Richelieu at Fleury-en-Bière, at his home, while Gaston was visiting him. During a feigned dispute between Gaston’s gentlemen, Chalais was to assassinate Richelieu with his sword. [7] However Chalais confided in his uncle, who ordered him to confess the whole affair to the king and the cardinal. [8]
Shortly after the Musketeers were established, a second company was founded to report to Cardinal Richelieu. At the cardinal's death in 1642, the company passed to his successor Cardinal Mazarin, who disbanded his Musketeers in 1646. He revived the Musketeers in 1657 with a company of 150 men.
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.
Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu is a portrait painting by the Flemish-born French painter Philippe de Champaigne, Richelieu's favourite portraitist.It was painted a few months before the cardinal's death, in 1642, and is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg.