# Cardinal Richelieu — The Three Musketeers character guide

> Cardinal Richelieu in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Cardinal de Richelieu, Richelieu, Monseigneur, the Cardinal

**First appearance:** 0006-v-the-kings-s-musketeers-and-the-cardinal-s-guards

## Who they are

The powerful chief minister of France, who schemes against the queen and the Musketeers.

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