Richelieu

Richelieu can refer to:

People

• Cardinal Richelieu, Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal and Duc de Richelieu (1585–1642), French Cardinal, Duke, and politician, who served as Louis XIII's chief minister
• Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu (1582–1653), French Carthusian, bishop and Cardinal; brother to Cardinal Armand Richelieu
• Louis François Armand du Plessis, duc de Richelieu (1696–1788), marshal of France, grandnephew of the cardinal
• Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon, Emmanuel-Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon (1720–1782), statesman, nephew of the marshal
• Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, Armand Emmanuel Sophie Septemanie du Plessis, duc de Richelieu (1766–1822), statesman, grandson of the marshal
• Duke of Richelieu, a title in the peerage of France created for cardinal Richelieu
• Andreas du Plessis de Richelieu (1852-1932), a Danish naval officer and businessman who became a Siamese admiral and minister of the navy
• Richelieu Levoyer, Military and politician of the Republic of Ecuador.

Places

• Richelieu, Indre-et-Loire, France
• Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
• Richelieu River, Quebec, Canada

Literature and film

• Richelieu (novel), a novel written by George Payne Rainsford James, 1829
• Richelieu (play), a play written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1839
• Richelieu (film), a 1913 film based on the play, featuring Lon Chaney, Sr.

Ships

• French battleship Richelieu (1873)
• French battleship Richelieu (1939)
• Charles de Gaulle nuclear aircraft carrier, whose first name was Richelieu