Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu
{{Short description|French Carthusian bishop and cardinal}}
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Primate of the Gauls
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| term = 1628–1653
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| predecessor = Charles Miron
| successor = Camille de Neufville de Villeroy
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| other_post = Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Trinità al Monte Picino (1635–53)
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| consecration = 21 June 1626
| consecrated_by = Guillaume d'Hugues
| cardinal = 19 November 1629
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| birth_date = 1582
| birth_place = Paris, Kingdom of France
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| death_date = 23 March 1653 (aged 70–71)
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| parents = François du Plessis
Suzanne de La Porte
| previous_post = Archbishop of Aix
(1626–28)
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Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu ({{IPA|fr|alfɔ̃s lwi dy plɛsi də ʁiʃ(ə)ljø}}; 1582 – 23 March 1653) was a French Carthusian, bishop and Cardinal. He was the elder brother of Armand Cardinal Richelieu, the celebrated minister of Louis XIII.
Life
He was born in Paris and was educated at the Collège de Navarre. He refused the position of Bishop of Luçon, practically in the gift of his family. He entered the Carthusian Order in 1602 and made his profession in 1605. He became prior of {{Interlanguage link|Charterhouse of Bonpas|fr|3=Chartreuse de Bonpas|lt=Bonpas}}, Caumont-sur-Durance. His harsh censorship drove Renė Descartes out of France.{{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=Colin|title=The Cambridge Illustrated History of France|year=1994|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0-521-43294-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/cambridgeillustr00jone_0/page/158 158]|edition=1st|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/cambridgeillustr00jone_0}}
His episcopate was arranged by his brother, and he was named Archbishop of Aix in 1626 and then Archbishop of Lyon in 1628. He was created cardinal in 1629.[http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/consistories-xvii.htm The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church – Consistories of the 17th Century] He was named Grand Almoner of France in 1631 and presided over the funeral of King Louis XIII in June 1644.{{Cite web |title=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church – Biographical Dictionary – Consistory of November 19, 1629 |url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1629.htm#Plessis |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=cardinals.fiu.edu}} He participated in the 1644 papal conclave which elected Pope Innocent X.{{Cite web |title=Alphonse-Louis Cardinal du Plessis de Richelieu [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdpdr.html |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=catholic-hierarchy.org}}
He died on 23 March 1653 in Lyon.
References
Bibliography
- {{cite book|last1= Albanès|first1=Joseph Hyacinthe|author2=Louis fillet|title=Gallia christiana novissima |publisher= Valentinoise|url=https://archive.org/details/galliachristiana01albauoft|year=1899|location=Montbeliard|language=French, Latin|pages=[https://archive.org/details/galliachristiana01albauoft/page/136 136]–138; 242–243}}
- 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. {{in lang|fr}}
- Deloche, Maximin (1935). Un frère de Richelieu inconnu. Paris: Desclée. {{in lang|fr}}
- {{cite book|last=Fisquet|first=Honore|title=La France pontificale: Lyon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WJozhHs0ZrcC&pg=PA16|year=1864|publisher=Etienne Repos|location=Paris|language=French|pages=457–463}}
- Péricaud, Marc-Antoine (1829). [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5810473g 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.
- {{cite book|last=Puré|first=Michel de|title=Vita Alphonsi-Ludovici Plessaei Richelii... Cardinalis... Archiepiscopi et comitis Lugdunensis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cgVRf_MoEWMC|year=1653|publisher=Antonius Vitré|location=Paris|language=Latin}}
External links
{{Commons category|Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu}}
- [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1629.htm#Plessis Biography]
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Category:17th-century French cardinals
Category:Cardinals created by Pope Urban VIII