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Armand Emmanuel Sophie Septimanie de Vignerot du Plessis (5th) Duke of Richelieu (25 September 1766 Paris – 17 May 1822) was a prominent French statesman during the Bourbon Restoration. As a royalist during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars he served as a ranking officer in the Russian Imperial Army achieving the grade of Major General.

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active years end date
1818-12-29, 1821-12-14
active years start date
1815-09-26, 1820-02-20
birth date
1766-09-25
birth place
Paris
death date
1822-05-17
death place
Paris
monarch
Louis XVIII of France
order in office
2nd and 5th Prime Minister of France
successor
Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, Jean-Joseph Marquis Dessolles

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