Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise (? 1580 - 1642), was a French Huguenot leader. See Rohan (disambiguation) for other uses of the word. ... Events March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ... In the 16th and 17th centuries, the name of Huguenots came to apply to members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France, or historically as the French Calvinists. ...

The younger brother of Henri de Rohan, he inherited his title through his mother Catherine de Parthenay. He served his apprenticeship as a soldier under Maurice of Nassau in the Low Countries. In the religious wars from 1621 onwards his elder brother chiefly commanded on land and in the south, Soubise in the west and along the sea-coast. His exploits in the conflict have been sympathetically related by his brother, one of the most highly-regarded military critics of the time. Henri II, viscount of Rohan (1579–April 13, 1638), later duke of Rohan, French soldier, writer and leader of the Huguenots, was born at the château of Blain, in Brittany. ... Maurice of Nassau (in Dutch Maurits van Nassau) (14 November 1567–23 April 1625), Prince of Orange (1618–1625), son of William the Silent and Princess Anna of Saxony, was born at the castle of Dillenburg. ... The Low Countries, the historical region of de Nederlanden, are the countries (see Country) on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse (Maas) rivers. ... Events February 9 - Gregory XV is elected pope. ...

Soubise's chief exploit was a singularly bold and well-conducted attack (in 1625) on the Royalist fleet in the river Blavet (which included the cutting of a boom in the face of superior numbers) and the occupation of Oleron. He commanded at La Rochelle during the famous siege (1627-1628). According to his brother, the failure of the defence and of the English attack on Île de Ré was mainly due to the alternate obstinacy of the townsfolk and the English commanders in refusing to listen to Soubise's advice. Events March 27 - Prince Charles Stuart becomes King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... The Blavet river flows from central Bretagne (West of France) to the Atlantic Ocean on the Breton South coast. ... Île dOléron (English: Island of Oleron) is an island off the Atlantic coast of France (due west of Rochefort), on the southern side of the Pertuis dAntioche straight. ... La Rochelle is a town and commune of western France, and a seaport on the Atlantic Ocean (population 76,584 in 1999). ... Cardinal Richelieu at the Siege of La Rochelle, Henri Motte, 1881. ... Events A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia. ... Events March 1 - writs were issued in February 1628 by Charles I of England that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date. ... The quays at Saint Martin en Ré. ÃŽle de Ré (formerly also ÃŽle de Rhé; in English Isle of Rhé) is an island off the west coast of France near La Rochelle, on the northern side of the Pertuis dAntioche strait. ...

When surrender became inevitable he fled to England, which he had previously visited in quest of succour. He died in 1642 in London. The Soubise title afterwards served as the chief second designation (not for heirs apparent, but for the chief collateral branch for the time being) of the house of Rohan-Chabot. Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked... This article is about the British city. ... Soubise can refer to: Soubise, a commune of the Charente-Maritime département, in France Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise (? 1580-1642), Huguenot leader Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise (1715-1787), peer and marshal of France This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that...

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