Siege of Montauban
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The siege of Montauban was a siege conducted by the young French king Louis XIII from August to November 1621, against the Protestant stronghold of Montauban. This siege followed the siege of Saint-Je
Louis XIII besieging the Huguenot city of Montauban in 1621.
Benjamin, Duke of Soubise
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Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise, was a French Huguenot leader.
Siege of Montauban
…the Protestant stronghold of Montauban. This siege followed the siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, in which Louis XIII had succeeded against Rohan's brother Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise. Despite a strength of about 25,000 men, Louis XIII was unable to capture the city of Montauban, and he had to raise the siege and abandon it after 2…
Benjamin de Rohan, Duc de Frontenay, Baron de Soubise.
Soubise lost control of the island of Ré following the Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré (1625).