Cardinal Richelieu (New Earth)

Cardinal Richelieu
Mainstream Universe‎‎, 1930s-2011
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Real Name	Armand Jean du Plessis
Main Alias	Cardinal Richelieu
Other Aliases	1st Duke of Richelieu and Fronsac
Base Of Operations	France (17th Century)
Status
Alignment	Bad
Citizenship	French
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Cardinal
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Origin
Universe	Earth-One · Earth-Two · New Earth
First Appearance	More Fun Comics #30 (March, 1938)
Last Appearance	DC Special #23 (September, 1976)

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Political Science
• Theology
• Multilingualism

Notes

• This character is a fictional representation of Cardinal Richelieu, a real person. More information on this person can be found at Wikipedia.org.
• Although Cardinal Richelieu was a real person, his portrayal in Alexandre Dumas' Three Musketeers is heavily fictionalized.
• In the Pre-Crisis Multiverse, Earth-Two and Earth-One each had a separate and distinct Richelieu. On the Post-Crisis New Earth, those two characters were combined into one being.
• The New Earth Richelieu has not actually appeared, but he was mentioned in History of the DC Universe #1.

Related

• 3 Appearances of Cardinal Richelieu (New Earth)
• 1 Images featuring Cardinal Richelieu (New Earth)
• Quotations by or about Cardinal Richelieu (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Cardinal Richelieu (New Earth)