Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Tupu Richelieu abịa n'ọchịchị, ihe ka ukwuu na Europe abanyela n'Agha Afọ Iri Atọ ahụ (1618<unk>1648). France anọghị n'ihu ọha na-alụ agha megide ndị Habsburg, bụ́ ndị chịrị Spen na Alaeze Ukwu Rom Dị Nsọ, n'ihi ya, e nyere ndị iro ha nkwado na enyemaka na nzuzo. O weere Dutch Republic dị ka otu n'ime ndị kasị mkpa France jikọrọ aka, n'ihi na o so Spanish Netherlands gbara agbata obi kpọmkwem, ọ nọkwa n'etiti Agha Afọ Iri Asatọ ahụ ya na Spain lụrụ n'oge ahụ. Ọ dabara nke ọma maka ya, Richelieu bụ "bon français", dị ka eze, onye kpebirila ịkwado ndị Dutch ịlụ ọgụ megide ndị Spain site na nkwekọrịta nke Compiègne na June 1624, tupu a họpụta Richelieu ka ọ bụrụ Onye Minista Mbụ na August. N'otu afọ ahụ, otu ndị agha, nke France na-akwụ ụgwọ na nzuzo ma Marquis de Coeuvres na-eduzi, malitere ime ihe n'ebumnobi nke ịtọhapụ Valtelline n'aka ndị Spen. N'afọ 1625, Richelieu zigakwaara Ernst von Mansfeld, bụ́ ọchịagha a ma ama nke na-arụrụ ndị England ọrụ na Germany, ego. Otú ọ dị, na May 1626, mgbe ihe ndị agha na-efu fọrọ nke nta ka ha laa France n'iyi, eze ahụ na kadinal ahụ so Spen mee udo site n'Agbụ nke Monçon. Udo a mebiri ngwa ngwa mgbe esemokwu n'ihi
Agha nke Mantuan.