Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal and politician, Chief Minister to the French Monarch (born 1585)

Cardinal Richelieu

French statesman and clergyman (1585–1642)

Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu, commonly known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French Catholic prelate and statesman who had an outsized influence in civil and religious affairs. He became known as the Red Eminence, a term derived from the style of Eminence applied…

List of prime ministers of France

The head of the government of France has been called the prime minister of France since 1959, when Michel Debré became the first officeholder appointed under the Fifth Republic. During earlier periods of history, the head of government of France was known by different titles. As…

December 4

Day of the year

December 4 is the 338th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 27 days remain until the end of the year.