Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu (1582 – 23 March 1653) was a French

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, bishop and

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. He was the elder brother of Armand Cardinal Richelieu, the celebrated minister of

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. He was educated at the

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. He refused the position of

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, practically in the gift of his family. He joined the Carthusian Order in 1606, and became prior of ,

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. His harsh censorship drove Renė Descartes out of France. He was

archbishop of Aix The Archdiocese of Aix-en-Provence and Arles (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Aquensis in Gallia et Arelatensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse d'Aix-en-Provence et Arles''; Occitan Provençal: ''Archidiocèsi de Ais de Provença e Arle'' or ''Archidioucès ...

in 1626,

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in 1628. He was created cardinal in 1629. He was named

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in 1631 and presided over the funeral of

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in June 1644. He participated in the 1644 papal conclave which elected

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. He died on 23 March 1653 in

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References

Bibliography

* * Charléty, S. (1902). "Lyon sous le ministère de Richelieu". ''Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine'' (1899-1914), Vol. 3, No. 2 (1901/1902), pp. 121–136; Vol. 3, No. 5 (1901/1902), pp. 493–507. * Deloche, Maximin (1935). ''Un frère de Richelieu inconnu.'' Paris: Desclée. * * Péricaud, Marc-Antoine (1829).
Notice historique sur Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu
archevêque de Lyon sous Louis XIII et Louis XIV, suivie d'une Relation de la peste de Lyon en 1638 et 1639''. Lyon: Barret, 1829. *

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Richelieu, Alphonse 1582 births 1653 deaths Carthusians 17th-century French cardinals Cardinals created by Pope Urban VIII University of Paris alumni Archbishops of Lyon