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Richelieu Definition

Riche·lieu (ris̸h′lo̵̅o̅′, -ə lo̵̅o̅′; Frrē s̸hə lyö′)

Richelieu, Duc de (born Armand Jean du Plessis) 1585-1642; Fr. cardinal & statesman: chief minister of Louis XIII (1624-42)

Richelieu Quotes

Gladstone, like Richelieu, cannot write. Nothing can be more unmusical, more involved, or more uncouth than all his scribblement.

—Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield