Claude de Razilly
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Claude de Razilly, also Claude de Launay-Razilly. was a French Navy officer. He was the brother of François de Razilly and Isaac de Razilly.
Successful resupply of Ile de Ré by Claude de Razilly in 1627, painted by Claude Vignon (1642). He is depicted in the guise of Neptune, with his wife Perrine Gaultier, in the bottom left corner.
Letter of Cardinal Richelieu to Claude de Razilly exhorting him to do everything in his power to relieve Ré Island, July 1627.
Île de Ré
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Île de Ré is an island off the Atlantic coast of France near La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, on the northern side of the Pertuis d'Antioche strait. Its highest point has an elevation of 20 metres. It
Ile de Re vue du ciel
Re Martin
The citadel of Saint-Martin. Military mock-up, 1702. Musée des Plans-Reliefs
The naval bombardment of St Martin, Île de Ré, by British and Dutch fleets on 15 and 16 July 1696