Cardinal Richelieu — The Three Musketeers Character Profile

About Cardinal Richelieu

Power-hungry French Cardinal, manipulates the King and opposes the Musketeers

Cardinal Richelieu — Character Profile

Alignment

Villain

Species

Human

Abilities

Political manipulation, Strategic planning, Espionage, Oratory, Administrative control

• Strength: 3/10
• Intelligence: 9/10
• Charisma: 8/10
• Morality: 2/10
• Influence: 9.5/10

Quick Facts about Cardinal Richelieu

Occupation

Catholic priest, statesperson, Catholic bishop

Cardinal Richelieu's Known Relations

• D'Artagnan — Enemy
• Milady de Winter — Significant person
• Comte de Rochefort — Significant person

Cardinal Richelieu appears in 11 titles

• The Three Musketeers (1921)
• The Iron Mask (1929) — character page
• The Three Musketeers (1942) — character page
• The Fighting Musketeers (1961) — character page
• Vengeance of the Three Musketeers (1961) — character page
• The Three Musketeers (1973) — character page
• The Four Musketeers (1974) — character page
• The Three Musketeers (1993) — character page
• The Three Musketeers (2011) — character page
• The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023) — character page
• The Three Musketeers: Milady (2023) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Nigel De Brulier

Appears in

The Three Musketeers (1921)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Cardinal Richelieu — Power Manipulator — Louis XIII (Adolphe Menjou)

  The Cardinal exerts covert control over the monarch to advance his political agenda.

• Cardinal Richelieu — Conflict Opponent — Anne of Austria (Mary MacLaren)

  The Queen represents the primary political threat to the Cardinal's absolute power.

• Cardinal Richelieu — Conflict Manipulated Target — Duke of Buckingham (Thomas Holding)

  The Duke is unknowingly used as a pawn in the Cardinal's political scheme.

• Cardinal Richelieu — Conflict Enemy — D'Artagnan (Douglas Fairbanks)

  Direct antagonism as the Cardinal actively hunts the protagonist.

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More characters from The Three Musketeers

• D'Artagnan (Douglas Fairbanks)
• Louis XIII (Adolphe Menjou)
• Anne of Austria (Mary MacLaren)
• Rochefort (Boyd Irwin)
• Duke of Buckingham (Thomas Holding)
• Porthos (George Siegmann)
• (uncredited) (Granville Redmond)
• Father Joseph (Lon Poff)
• Athos (Léon Bary)
• Planchet (Charles Stevens)
• D'Artagnan's Father (Walt Whitman)
• Constance (Marguerite De La Motte)