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Cardinal Richelieu (the powerful 17th-century French statesman) for one dreamed of conquest in the New World.
But nothing came of that, nor of a rival French move in 1633 when Cardinal Richelieu, the 17th-century French statesman, tried claiming the islands for France.
Richelieu’s protégé Mazarin, another cardinal, took over the job of prime minister during the minority of Louis XIV.
Named after the 13th-century college established by Robert de Sorbon for poor theological students, the university was later taken in hand by Cardinal Richelieu, who financed its reconstruction (1624–1642).
The Palais-Royal, across the rue de Rivoli from the Louvre, was built as Cardinal Richelieu’s residence in 1639 (it became “royal” when Anne of Austria moved in with young Louis XIV).