The French king <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIII" id="mwZg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Louis XIII">Louis XIII</a> appoints <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_Richelieu" id="mwZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cardinal Richelieu">Cardinal Richelieu</a> as prime minister.