Académique Documents
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Culture Documents
La Brosse, 42
La Bruyère, Jean de, 245
Laffemas, Isaac, 222, 239, 269
La Porte, Amador de, 10, 11, 14, 16, 20, 117, 120, 183, 215,
232, 279
La Porte, Charles de (see Meilleraye)
La Porte, François de, 7, 11
La Porte, Suzanne de (Madame de Richelieu), 7, 11-14, 23, 65,
75, 86
La Porte (the Queen’s valet), 268-9
Laubardemont, Baron de, 288-9
Launay-Razilly, Claude, Seigneur de, 181
Le Fèvre, 293-4
Le Jay, Nicolas, 73, 76
Le Mercier, 15, 234
Lemoine, Cardinal, 17
Leopold, Archduke, 146
Le Roy, Guyon, 3
Le Roy, Jacques, 3
Lesdiguières, François de Bonne, Duc et Maréchal de, 91, 147,
150, 158, 161
Limoges, François de la Fayette, Bishop of, 266
Lisieux, Bishop of, 293
Longueville, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, Duchesse de, 105,
164, 246, 280
Longueville, Henry d’Orléans, Duc de, 66, 76, 86, 91, 122, 124,
137
Longueville, Mademoiselle de, 246
Lorraine, Charles, Duke of, 176, 181, 202, 218, 223-4, 249-51,
255, 278
Lorraine, Princesse Marguerite de (Duchesse d’Orléans), 224,
250
Lorraine, Nicolas François, Cardinal de, 250-51
Louis XI., King, 6, 169, 289
Louis XII., King, 4
Louis XIII., King, 32, 42, 53, 64, 68, 82-5, 94-105, 114-15, 119-
31, 133, 136-44, 146-50, 152-8, 160-80, 183-92, 194-202,
205-16, 218-22, 224-32, 236, 239, 241, 246-51, 254, 257-
60, 262-71, 273, 276-8, 282-9, 291-3, 297
Louis XIV., King, 28, 69, 142, 177, 192, 271
Louis, Saint, 34
Louvigny, Comte de, 173
Lude, François de Daillon, Comte du, 83, 120
Lusignan, Guy de, 2
Luynes, Charles d’Albert, Duc de, 83, 84, 94-8, 100-102, 105,
107-8, 112, 114-15, 117-24, 126-7, 129-30
Luynes, Marie de Rohan, Duchesse de (see Chevreuse)
Rabelais, 22
Rambouillet, Catherine de Vivonne, Marquise de, 242
Rambouillet, Charles d’Angennes, Marquis de, 214, 242
Rancé, Armand Jean de, 11
Rancé, Denys Bouthillier, Baron de, 11, 203, 210
Rapine, Florimond, 68
Ravaillac, François, 32, 52, 54
Renaudot, Théophraste, 239
Reni, Guido, 136
Retz, Abbé de (afterwards Cardinal), 264
Retz, Duc de, 125
Richelieu, Alphonse de (Archbishop of Lyons and Cardinal), 12,
16, 21, 22, 63, 86, 194, 279
Richelieu, Antoine du Plessis de (le Moine), 3, 4, 33, 43
Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis de (see Cardinal-Duc de
Richelieu)
Richelieu, Cardinal-Duc de: his birth, family and childhood, 1-15;
education at the University, 16-20;
training as a soldier, 21-2;
second University course, 23;
consecration as Bishop of Luçon, 24-5;
Doctor of the Sorbonne, 26;
at the Court of Henry IV., 27-30;
life and work in the diocese of Luçon, 38-46;
friendship with Père Joseph, 46-7;
Instructions et Maximes, 48-52;
visit to Paris, 55-6;
affair of Fontevrault, 57-62;
political troubles, 64-6;
speech at States-General, 69-70;
Chaplain to Queen Anne, 72-5;
Private Secretary to Marie de Médicis, 84;
death of his mother, 86;
appointed Foreign Secretary, 87;
First Ministry, 88-92;
fall from power, 97-8;
exile with the Queen-mother, 100-2;
retirement in his diocese, 103-7;
banishment to Avignon, 108-10;
recalled to the Queen-mother’s service, 114-15;
death of his brother Henry, 117;
influence with Marie de Médicis, 123;
diplomatic success, 126;
marriage of his niece, 127;
stories and intrigues, 130;
receives the Cardinal’s Hat, 131;
personal descriptions, 132-3;
purchase and decoration of country-houses, 133-6;
employment of Fancan, 137-8;
admitted to the Royal Council, 140;
First Minister of France, 142;
political aims, 143;
the English marriage, 144-6;
affair of the Valtelline, 146-8;
Huguenot Rebellion, 148-53;
negotiations with Buckingham, 155;
peace with Spain, 159;
Army and Navy, etc., 160-61;
ill health and suffering, 162;
defeat of Chalais conspiracy, 163-75;
edict against feudal strongholds, 176;
edict against duels, 177-9;
war with England, 180;
Siege of La Rochelle, 181-92;
War of Mantuan Succession, 193-7;
final defeat of Huguenots, 198-200;
offers his resignation to Louis XIII., 201;
Italian campaign, 202-6;
The King’s illness, 207-8;
the Cardinal in imminent danger, 209-14;
his triumph, 215-16;
victory over his enemies, 217-20;
new honours, 221-2;
political vengeance, 222-3;
triumph over the Duc de Montmorency, 225-31;
illness and recovery, 232-3;
palaces and châteaux, 234-8;
his household and friends, 239-42;
the Academy founded by him, 244-5;
the performance of Mirame, 246-8;
dreams of conquest realised, 249-51;
family alliances, 252;
France joins in the Thirty Years’ War, 254;
defeat and panic, 255-6;
high courage of the Cardinal, 257;
danger of assassination, 259-60;
Court intrigues, 263-7;
Richelieu’s persecution of Queen Anne, 267-70;
death of Père Joseph, 271-2;
reforms in the Church, 274-5;
disappearance of enemies, 277;
family honours, 279-80;
internal worries, 281;
ill health, 282;
enmity with Cinq-Mars, 283-4;
terrible sufferings and last will, 285;
final triumphs, 286-9;
journey back to Paris, 290;
last illness, 292-3;
death at the Palais-Cardinal, 294;
funeral at the Sorbonne, 295;
general feeling in France, 296-7;
the tomb in the Church of the Sorbonne, 298
Richelieu, François du Plessis de (le Sage), 3, 4, 33
Richelieu, François du Plessis de (Grand Provost), 1, 6-9, 10,
12, 20, 132
Richelieu, François Louis de, 109
Richelieu, Françoise de (Madame du Pont-de-Courlay), 11, 63,
279
Richelieu, Henry, Marquis de, 12, 14, 16, 31, 43, 55, 56, 86, 91,
102, 107-9, 116-17
Richelieu, Louis du Plessis de (grandfather), 4, 7, 11, 12
Richelieu, Louis du Plessis de (uncle), 6
Richelieu, Marquise de (Marguerite Guiot des Charmeaux), 109
Richelieu, Nicole de (Madame de Maillé-Brézé), 12, 86, 106-7,
215
Rivière, Abbé de la, 288
Roannez, Duchesse de, 220
Rochechouart, Antoine de, 4
Rochechouart, Françoise de (Dame de Richelieu), 4, 5, 6, 7, 11,
12, 46
Rochefoucauld, François, Cardinal de la, 116
Rocheposay, M. de la (Bishop of Poitiers), 45, 65, 66, 104
Roches, Michel Le Masle, Prieur des, 134-6, 239
Rohan, Henry, Duc de, 65, 74, 75, 122, 124, 148-52, 181, 189,
193, 198, 200, 255
Rohan, Duchesse de (Marguerite de Béthune), 151
Rohan, Vicomtesse de (Catherine de Parthenay-Soubise), 150-
51, 172, 182, 191
Rossignol, Antoine, 239
Rotrou, Jean de, 245
Rubens, Pierre-Paul, 135
Rucellai, the Abbé, 111, 116-17