He's the current French heir and hates Richelieu's guts. Also, we just happen to have a bunch of Huguenot assassins running around. Perhaps they will make an attempt on Richelieu, and get King Louis instead. Richelieu, of course, will promptly get the hell out of Dodge. [[HeelFaceTurn Defecting to the USE]] would be too obvious, but he could go elsewhere, possibly joining the Dutch Hapsburgs, or even try to carve out an empire of his own in the New World.
* There's also the option of joining up with Pope Urban.

[[WMG:The Spanish colonies in the New World will break away far earlier than they did in our timeline]]
The USE is soon to deploy a new blue-water fleet that, while still composed of sailing ships, will be far more powerful than the current ships of the Spanish and French navies, and there would be plenty of good reason to use those ships for commerce raiding. So there is an opportunity for some ambitious governor to pull a [[HonorHarrington Sepoy Option]], and establish a new sovereign nation in the New World.

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