Armand Jean de Vignerot du Plessis  

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Armand Jean de Vignerot du Plessis, 2nd duc de Richeliu (Paris, 1629 - Paris, 1715) was a French sailor and nobleman.

Life

The great-nephew of Cardinal de Richelieu (to whose dukedom he succeeded), he became a general of the gallies in 1642. He was sent to Naples, which had risen up against the Spanish and proclaimed the Neapolitan Republic. He joined up with Don John of Austria's fleet off Capri but was unable to land the troops he was transporting.



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