The political relations between the cardinal and…
November 1630 CE
The political relations between the cardinal and the queen mother, the Italian-born Marie de' Medici, reach a crisis in November 1630.
In a stormy scene on November 10, in the Luxembourg Palace, Marie de' Medici and the cardinal meet in the king's presence.
The queen mother demands the cardinal's dismissal, declaring that the king has to choose between him and her.
No immediate decision comes from this conference, but the king retires to his hunting lodge in Versailles.
Richelieu seems to have believed that his political career was over, but the intercession of influential friends saves the minister from impending disgrace.
While the apartments of the Luxembourg Palace are thronged by the cardinal's enemies celebrating his fall, ...