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
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In fact, in a career that lasted more than forty years, it is estimated that 16,000 soldiers and officers in his command died in combat and that he lost more than 800 artillery pieces, 2,600 horses, 240 donkeys and 6 camels to the enemy.
Soubise was the last male in his family, so upon his death theamily line and title faded into oblivion.
Despite this, the family name lives on, because one of his chefs devised the mixture known as "Soubise", a mixture so useful that in addition to being used as a garnish to many dishes it is also used in making more than 35 different sauces.
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