This leader of the siege at La Rochelle rose to prominence during the regency of Marie de Medici [MEH-dee-chee].
Following his refusal to ratify the Treaty of Regensburg [RAY-gens-burg], the Hapsburgs appealed for this person's excommunication. The target of a conspiracy led by the Marquis [mahr-kee] of Cinq-Mars [seenk-mahrs], this founder of the Academie Francaise [frahn-saes] rose to Secretary of State during a crisis in the Valtellina [val-tay-LEE-nah] region of Italy. This leader of the siege at La Rochelle rose to prominence during the regency of Marie de Medici [MEH-dee-chee]. Name this religious leader, the French Prime Minister under Louis the Thirteenth.
Following his refusal to ratify the Treaty of Regensburg [RAY-gens-burg], the Hapsburgs appealed for this person's excommunication.
Cardinal Richelieu (accept Duke Richelieu or Armand-Jean du Plessis, prompt on "Red Eminence" or "L'eminence Rouge")