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The siege of La Rochelle (French: le siège de La Rochelle, or sometimes le grand siège de La Rochelle) was a result of a war between the French royal forces of Louis XIII of France and the Huguenots of La Rochelle in 1627–1628.
The centrepiece of the conflict was the siege of La Rochelle (1627–28), in which the English Crown supported the French Huguenots in their fight against the French royal forces of Louis XIII of France. La Rochelle had become the stronghold of the French Huguenots, under its own governance.
In June 1627 Buckingham organised a landing on the nearby island of Île de Ré with 6,000 men in order to help the Huguenots, thus starting an Anglo-French War (1627–1629), with the objective of controlling the approaches to La Rochelle, and of encouraging the rebellion in the city. Buckingham ultimately ran out of money and support, and his ...
Anna Barker, with her Yorkie Watson, at the entrance to the La Rochelle Old Port, between the Saint Nicolas Tower and the Chain Tower (1384), the site of the 1627-1628 siege commanded by Cardinal ...
On 12 July 1627, an English force of 100 ships and 6,000 soldiers, [1] having previously departed from Plymouth Sound, [5] under the command of the Duke of Buckingham invaded the Île de Ré, landing at the beach of Sablanceau, with the objective of controlling the approaches to La Rochelle and encouraging rebellion in the city.
Siege of La Rochelle (1572–73) during the French Wars of Religion. [4] 24 June: Peace of La Rochelle treaty signed. [1] 1621 – Blockade of La Rochelle begins during Huguenot rebellion. 1627 – Siege of La Rochelle begins. [5] 1628 – Siege ends. [1] 1648 – Roman Catholic diocese of La Rochelle established. [6] 1677 – Carmelite convent ...
The Battle of Pont du Feneau was the last battle of the siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré by the English forces that had come to help the Huguenot rebellions of La Rochelle. It took place on 8 November 1627. The English lost the battle, and this final failure forced them to withdraw back to England.
Seawall built by Pompeo Targone at the Siege of La Rochelle, 1627. Pompeo Targone (1575 – c. 1630), son of a Venetian goldsmith, was an Italian engineer in the service of popes Clement VIII and Paul V.