Anne de Rohan (poétesse)
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Anne de Rohan, also known as Anne de Rohan-Soubise, was a French Huguenot poet and a leader in the fight for Calvinism. Rohan and her mother Catherine de Parthenay were principal figures at the famous
Chateau de Parc Soubise
René II, Viscount of Rohan
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René II, Viscount of Rohan, was Prince of Leon, Count of Porhoët, seigneur of Pontivy and Frontenay, and a Huguenot nobleman. He was head of one of the oldest and most distinguished families in France
Anne de Rohan (poétesse)
…scholars, some of whom remained unmarried to pursue their intellectual interests. Rohan, born in 1584, was the daughter of Catherine de Parthenay and René II, Viscount of Rohan. Her siblings were René, a brother who died young; Henrietta; Henri II, Duke of Rohan; Catherine de Rohan; and Benjamin, Duke of Soubise. Her education…
Catherine de Parthenay, a Huguenot leader, strategist, and fighter. She corresponded with other leaders and wrote plays and other works about the French Wars of Religion
Benjamin, Duke of Soubise
Château de Blain, one of Rohan's residences, was besieged and set on fire in 1591 during fighting between the Duke of Mercœur and Jean de Montauban, the knight De Goust. Parthenay restored Château de Blain and moved into it with her family.