This man established the Company of the Hundred Associates to encourage colonial development.
This man established the Company of the Hundred Associates to encourage colonial development. He entered into his highest office following a crisis involving the canton of Grisons and Spanish ambition in the Valtellina valley in Italy. This successor to the Duke of Luynes implemented the reforms of the Council of Trent and was ushered into one position by Concino Concini. Marie de Medici unsuccessfully demanded this man's dismissal in the Day of the Dupes, and he defeated his country's Protestants after a year-long siege at La Rochelle. For 10 points, name this chaplain to Anne of Austria, a cardinal who served as the Chief Minister to Louis XIII.
This man established the Company of the Hundred Associates to encourage colonial development.
Cardinal Richelieu [or Armand-Jean du Plessis; prompt on the Red Eminence or l'éminence Rouge]