Siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély

When

30 May 1621 – 24 Jun 1621

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

45.94° N, 0.52° W

Description

1621 17th Century battle in France

17th Century battle in France

The siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély was a siege, accomplished by the young French king Louis XIII in 1621, against the Protestant stronghold of Saint-Jean-d'Angély led by Rohan's brother Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise. Saint-Jean-d'Angély was a strategic city controlling the approach to the Huguenot stronghold of La Rochelle.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Huguenot rebellions: Saint-Jean-d'Angély is taken, after a 26-day siege by Royal forces”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Belagerung von Saint-Jean-d’Angély: Französische Truppen unter dem Oberbefehl von König Ludwig XIII. belagern und erobern die Stadt Saint-Jean-d’Angély”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “siège de Saint-Jean-d’Angély défendue par Soubise”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “осада Сен-Жан-д"Анжели французскими королевскими войсками Людовика XIII гугенотского оплота Сен-Жан-д’Анжели”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Huguenot rebellions1621 · Rebellion