Cardinal Richelieu (Alexandre Dumas)



Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duke of Richelieu and of Fronsac, commonly referred to as Cardinal Richelieu (French: Cardinal de Richelieu [kaʁdinal d(ə) ʁiʃ(ə)ljø]), also known as Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis, is a French clergyman, noble and statesman, who serves as the leading main antagonist of the 1894 historical novel The Three Musketeers' (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires [le tʁwa muskətɛʁ]) by Alexandre Dumas. he was the King's chief minister, who plots against the Queen in resentment at having his advances rebuffed. Dumas describes him as being "36 or 37" though in 1625 Richelieu was 40.