Day of the Dupes

In November 1630, the political relations between the cardinal and the queen mother, the Italian-born Marie de' Medici, reached a crisis.

In a stormy scene on 10 November in the Luxembourg Palace, Marie de' Medici and the cardinal met in the king's presence.

This led the cardinal to believe that his political career was over, but the intercession of influential friends convinced the minister he could salvage himself from his seemingly impending disgrace.

While the apartments of the Luxembourg Palace were thronged by the cardinal's enemies celebrating his fall, Richelieu followed the king to Versailles, where the monarch assured him of continued support.

[4] A historical novel by Stanley J. Weyman, Under the Red Robe (adapted into film in 1915, 1923 and 1937) concerns the Day of the Dupes.