Richelieu, Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, duc de, 1766-1822

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Name (Latin)
Richelieu, Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, duc de, 1766-1822
Other forms of name
De Richelieu, Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, duc, 1766-1822
Richelieu, duc de, 1766-1822
Rishelʹe, Arman Ėmmanuil de, gert︠s︡og, 1766-1822
Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu, Armand-Emmanuel de, duc de, 1766-1822
Plessis, Armand-Emmanuel du, duc de Richelieu, 1766-1822
Du Plessis, Armand-Emmanuel, duc de Richelieu, 1766-1822
Date of birth
1766-09-25
Date of death
1822-05-17
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 56652282
Wikidata: Q459197
Library of congress: n 91047221
Sources of Information
  • Britannica Micropaedia 1998:(Richelieu, Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, duke de, b. 09/25/1766, d. 05/17/1822, Paris, French nobleman, soldier and statesman, served Russia as Governor of Odessa 1803-1814, served as premier of France 1815-18 and 1820-21)
  • Grande encycl.(Richelieu, Armand-Emmanuel-Sophie Septimanie du Plessis, duc de, b. Paris, 9/25/1766, d. 5/17/1822)
  • Pisʹma gert︠s︡oga Armana Ėmmanuila de Rishelʹe Samuilu Khristianovichu Konteniusu, 1803-1814 gg., 1999:t.p. (gert︠s︡og Arman Ėmmanuil de Rishelʹe)
  • Waresquiel, E. de. Le duc de Richelieu, 1766-1822, c1990:t.p. (duc de Richelieu) cover p. 4 (Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu)
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Wikipedia description:

Armand Emmanuel Sophie Septimanie de Vignerot du Plessis, 5th Duke of Richelieu and Fronsac (25 September 1766 – 17 May 1822), was a French statesman during the Bourbon Restoration. He was known by the courtesy title of Count of Chinon until 1788, then Duke of Fronsac until 1791, when he succeeded his father as Duke of Richelieu. As a royalist, during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, he served as a senior officer in the Imperial Russian Army, achieving the grade of major general. Following the Bourbon Restoration, he returned to his homeland and was twice Prime Minister of France.

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