Armand Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, 5th Duke of Richelieu
Armand Emmanuel Sophie Septimanie de Vignerot du Plessis, 5th Duke of Richelieu and Fronsac (25 September 1766 – 17 May 1822), was a French statesman during the Bourbon Restoration. He was known by the courtesy title of Count of Chinon until 1788, then Duke of Fronsac until 1791, when he succeeded his father as Duke of Richelieu.
The Most High and Most Potent Lord The Duke of Richelieu KOHS, KOSG | |
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Portrait of the Duke of Richelieu by Thomas Lawrence, 1818 | |
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 20 February 1820 – 14 December 1821 | |
| Monarch | Louis XVIII |
| Preceded by | Comte Decazes |
| Succeeded by | Comte de Villèle |
| In office 26 September 1815 – 29 December 1818 | |
| Monarch | Louis XVIII |
| Preceded by | Charles Maurice de Talleyrand |
| Succeeded by | Marquis Dessolles |
| Member of the Académie française | |
| In office 23 March 1816 – 17 May 1822 | |
| Preceded by | Antoine-Vincent Arnault |
| Succeeded by | Bon-Joseph Dacier |
| Governor of Odesa | |
| In office 8 October 1803 – 27 August 1814 | |
| Monarch | Alexander I |
| Preceded by | Paul Pustoshkin |
| Succeeded by | Thomas A. Cobley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Armand Emmanuel Sophie Septimanie Vignerot du Plessis 25 September 1766 Paris, France |
| Died | 17 May 1822 (aged 55) Paris, France |
| Political party | Doctrinaires |
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| Profession | Diplomat, military officer |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of France Russian Empire |
| Branch/service | French Royal Army Army of Condé Imperial Russian Army |
| Years of service | 1785–1814 |
| Rank | Captain Major general |
| Unit | Dragoon 3rd Hussar Regiment |
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As a royalist, during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, he served as a senior officer in the Imperial Russian Army, achieving the grade of major general. Following the Bourbon Restoration, he returned to his homeland and was twice Prime Minister of France.
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