Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars

Louis XIII's favourite

Died
1642
Henri Coiffier de Ruzé d'Effiat, Marquis of Cinq-Mars was a favourite of King Louis XIII and the Grand Squire of France from 1639 to 1642. He led the last and most nearly successful of many conspiracies against Cardinal Richelieu, the king's powerful first minister.

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