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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).
Cardinal Richelieu (the powerful 17th-century French statesman) for one dreamed of conquest in the New World.
Richelieu’s protégé Mazarin, another cardinal, took over the job of prime minister during the minority of Louis XIV.
Promoting overseas trade and the founding of a navy, Richelieu also launched France on the road to empire with the colonization of Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean.
Each of the three main wings is named after one of France’s great figures: the Richelieu wing, the Sully wing in the east, and the Denon wing beside the Seine.