Tribucian Report This Comment Date: January 08, 2008 04:02AM
"Alright you silly English
ka-nig-its, name this man."
Here is a misleading hint. The above should be said out loud in an outrageous
French accent.
Thanatos Report This Comment Date: January 08, 2008 06:04AM
Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu
(September 9, 1585 – December 4, 1642), was a French clergyman, noble, and
statesman.
Consecrated as a bishop in 1607, he later entered politics, becoming a Secretary
of State in 1616. Richelieu soon rose in both the Church and the state, becoming
a cardinal in 1622, and King Louis XIII's chief minister in 1624. He remained in
office until his death in 1642; he was succeeded by Jules Cardinal Mazarin.
The Cardinal de Richelieu was often known by the title of the King's "Chief
Minister" or "First Minister". As a result, he is sometimes
considered to be the world's first Prime Minister, in the modern sense of the
term. He sought to consolidate royal power and crush domestic factions. By
restraining the power of the nobility, he transformed France into a strong,
centralized state. His chief foreign policy objective was to check the power of
the Austro-Spanish Habsburg dynasty. Although he was a cardinal, he did not
hesitate to make alliances with Protestant rulers in attempting to achieve this
goal. His tenure was marked by the Thirty Years' War that engulfed Europe.
As an advocate for Samuel de Champlain and of the retention of Québec, he
founded the Compagnie des Cent-Associés and saw the Treaty of
Saint-Germain-en-Laye return Québec to French rule under Champlain, after the
settlement had been captured by the Kirkes in 1629. This in part allowed the
colony to eventually develop into the heartland of Francophone culture in North
America.
Richelieu was also famous for his patronage of the arts; most notably, he
founded the Académie française, the learned society responsible for matters
pertaining to the French language. Richelieu is also known by the sobriquet
l'Éminence rouge ("the Red Eminence"
, from the red shade of a cardinal's vestments
and the style "eminence" as a cardinal. He is also a leading character
in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, père and its subsequent film
adaptations.
90130_ Report This Comment Date: January 08, 2008 09:11AM
I would like a shrubbery.
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: January 08, 2008 09:28PM
Next time change the name of the jpeg...
