The Treaty of Angoulême was signed on 30 April 1619 between Queen Marie de Medici and her son, King Louis XIII in Angoulême, France. The accord was negotiated by Cardinal Richelieu and it officially e
The Treaty of Angoulême by Peter Paul Rubens - H. : 3,94m ; W. : 2,95m, (Musée du Louvres)
Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu, commonly known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French Catholic prelate and statesman who had an outsized influence in civil and religious affairs. He became
Portrait of Richelieu by Champaigne, 1642 (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg)
The young Louis XIII, only a figurehead during his early reign, power actually resting with his mother, Marie de' Medici
Jean Warin, Cardinal de Richelieu 1622 (obverse), 1631
On the "Day of the Dupes" in 1630, it appeared that Marie de Médici had secured Richelieu's dismissal. Richelieu, however, survived the scheme, and Marie was exiled as a result.