Thirty Years war Guards of Cardinal Richelieu (17 Types, 24 Pieces) (Plastic model) Reservation - HobbySearch Military Model Store

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- Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal and Duke of Richelieu (September 9, 1585 - December 4, 1642) was a Catholic priest and politician of the Kingdom of France.
- Also known as the Scarlet Cardinal, he served as chancellor of Louis XIII from 1624 until his death.
- Richelieu was made a cardinal in 1622 and two years later, in 1624, made chief minister of state.
- He worked hard to establish a centralized system and strengthen royal authority, and laid the foundations for the later absolute monarchy by improving the administrative organization and suspending the Estates General.
- From 1635, in order to compete with the Habsburgs, Germany intervened in the Thirty Years' War, which began with the Boehmen Rebellion in 1618, and together with Protestant states such as England and Sweden, sent troops to support the German princes on the Protestant side. did.

- Composed of 1 x runner with 10 bodies and 10 poses, and 2 x runner with 7 bodies and 7 poses.