Richelieu

Richelieu (UK: /ˈrɪʃəljɜː/, US: /-l(j)uː/; French: [ʁiʃ(ə)ljø] ^ⓘ) may refer to:

People

• Cardinal Richelieu (Armand-Jean du Plessis, 1585–1642), Louis XIII's chief minister
• Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu (1582–1653), French Carthusian bishop and Cardinal
• Louis François Armand du Plessis, duc de Richelieu (1696–1788), marshal of France, grandnephew of the cardinal
• Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon (1720–1782), statesman, nephew of the marshal
• Armand-Emmanuel 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), Danish naval officer and businessman
• Richelieu Levoyer (1930–2015), politician of the Republic of Ecuador

Places

• Richelieu, Kentucky, United States
• Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
• Richelieu (federal electoral district), Quebec
• Richelieu (provincial electoral district), Quebec
• Richelieu River, Quebec
• Richelieu River (Montmorency River tributary), in La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada
• Richelieu, Indre-et-Loire, France

Ships

• French ironclad Richelieu (1873)
• French battleship Richelieu (1939)
• French ship Richelieu
• French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, originally named Richelieu
• Richelieu (laker), a lake freighter for Canada Steamship Lines

Entertainment

• Richelieu (novel), a novel written by George Payne Rainsford James, 1829
• Richelieu (play), a play written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1839
• Richelieu (1914 film), a film based on the play
• Richelieu (2023 film), also called Temporaries, a Canadian drama film directed by Pier-Philippe Chevigny

Other

• The French term for Oxford shoes