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Armand de Vignerot du Plessis

Marshal of France

Died when: 92 years 117 days (1107 months)
Star Sign: Pisces

 

Armand de Vignerot du Plessis

Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, duc de Richelieu (pronounced [aʁmɑ̃ d(ə) viɲəʁo dy plɛsi]; 13 March 1696 – 8 August 1788), was a French soldier, diplomat and statesman.

He joined the army and participated in three major wars.He eventually rose to the rank of Marshal of France.

He was the son of Armand Jean de Vignerot du Plessis, duc de Richelieu, who in turn was a great-nephew of Cardinal Richelieu, the prominent French statesman who had dominated France in the early 17th century.


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