Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal and politician (died 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 to cardinals and their customary red robes.

September 9 is the 252nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 113 days remain until the end of the year.