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  1. 1602-1661. French politician, who succeeded
  2. Richelieu as chief minister of France in
  3. 1642. His attack on the power of the nobility
  4. led to the Fronde and his temporary exile,
  5. but his diplomacy achieved a successful
  6. conclusion to the Thirty Years' War, and, in
  7. alliance with Cromwell during the British
  8. protectorate, he gained victory over Spain.
  9.