(EN) Alistair Horne, La Belle France, USA, Vintage, 2004, p. 131, ISBN 978-1-4000-3487-1. URL consultato il 7 dicembre 2010.
«...between 1633 and 1639, Richelieu built a princely palace... which he bequeathed to the King. Known initially as the Palais-Cardinal, when the royal family moved in after Richelieu's death it gained the name it has held ever since, – the Palais-Royal.»