Did Cardinal Richelieu disband the Musketeers?
Did Cardinal Richelieu disband the Musketeers? Shortly after the Musketeers were established, a second company was founded to report to Cardinal Richelieu. At the cardinal’s death in 1642, the company passed to his successor Cardinal Mazarin, who disbanded his Musketeers in 1646. In 1776, the Musketeers were disbanded by Louis XVI for budgetary reasons. Why […]