Armand du Plessis

Cardinal Duc Armand du Plessis de Richelieu (9 September 1585 - 4 December 1642) was a Quebecois colonial administrator, clergyman, military officer and statesman. He was a veteran of the Bourbon-Habsburg Wars and the Pontiff-Huguenot War. During his career, he served as the eleventh State-Principal of the Kingdom of France and first Viceroy of the Empire of Canada.

Cardinal Richelieu's administration governed the French Empire between 1624-1642, during which time the Colonies of Acadia, Canada and Quebec were established, the Frankish feudal aristocracy was abolished and the European Coalition campaigned against the House of Habsburg. During his tenure, he coordinated the settlement of thousands of French colonists along the St. Lawrence river valley, established the French Imperial Marine to defend the nation's overseas territories and funded the exploration and fortification of their espace vitale.

His armies dispersed the Huguenot freemen in rebellion against the Kingdom of France, seized the military infrastructure possessed by the feudal aristocracy for the Crown, repulsed a British invasion of Gaul and conquered the Pyrenees; in the final campaign, Cardinal Richelieu's forces disrupted the geopolitical hegemony of the House of Habsburg and asserted the status of France as the world's premier power.

Personally, Armand fought alongside royal forces during