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Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon.
French noble and politician (1720-1788)
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About Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon
Emmanuel Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu, Duke of Aiguillon was a French Royal Army officer and politician. A nephew of Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, until his father's death in 1750 he was known as the Duke of Agénois. He led a regiment in Italy during the War of the Austrian Succession and was seriously wounded at the siege of Château-Dauphin (1744). He was appointed commandant of Brittany in 1753 and defended it against British landing force at Saint-Cast (1758) in the Seven Years' War. He later served as the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and briefly as Secretary of State for War under King Louis XV.
Everything about Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon →- Occupation
- politician, diplomat, military personnel, minister
- Position held
- Secretary of State for War of France, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of France, governor
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of France
- Born
- July 31, 1720
- Died
- September 1, 1788