<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishAlipokuwa akiongoza sera za taifa hadi kifo chake mwaka 1642, Richelieu alithibitisha mamlaka ya mfalme wake dhidi ya Wakatoliki wa kihafidhina ambao walimzunguka malkia mama na vikosi vya Waprotestanti ambao walikuwa wakitetea vikali mapendeleo yaliyopewa na Amri ya Nantes.  <response>: Directing national policy until his death in 1642, Richelieu reasserted the authority of his king against both the conservative Catholics who surrounded the queen mother and the Protestant forces that were fiercely defending the privileges granted them by the Edict of Nantes. 