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...
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The Allied siege of La Rochelle occurred during the Second World War in 1944–45, when Allied troops invaded France. La Rochelle was an important German...
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The siege of La Rochelle of 1572–1573 was a massive military assault on the Huguenot city of La Rochelle by Catholic troops during the fourth phase of the...
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The siege of La Rochelle of 1224 was the decisive engagement in the campaign between the Capetians and the Plantagenets for control of Poitou. French royal...
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La Rochelle (UK: /ˌlæ rɒˈʃɛl/, US: /ˌlɑː roʊˈʃɛl/, French: [la ʁɔʃɛl] ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: La Rochéle) is a city on the west coast of France and a...
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Battle of La Rochelle or Siege of La Rochelle may refer to: Siege of La Rochelle (1224) between the Capetians and the Plantagenets Battle of La Rochelle (1372)...
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of Buckingham, to capture the French fortress-city of Saint-Martin-de-Ré, on the isle of Ré (near La Rochelle), in 1627. After three months of siege,...
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Charente-Maritime (category Departments of Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, on the country's west coast. Named after the river Charente, its prefecture is La Rochelle. As of 2019, it had a population of...
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Charles de Balsac, baron de Dunes (category French people of the French Wars of Religion)
1573 siege of La Rochelle, the city having risen up in response to the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew. During 1573 Anjou was elected as king of the Commonwealth...
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Anne de Rohan (poétesse) (category House of Rohan)
Catherine de Parthenay were principal figures at the famous Siege of La Rochelle. At the end of which, the Catholic army imprisoned Anne and her mother at...
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Catherine de Parthenay (category House of Rohan)
was probably at the signing of the Edict of Nantes (1598). She was a principal figure at the famous Siege of La Rochelle, for which the Catholic army...
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Henri d'Angoulême (category Dukes of Angoulême)
height of the French Wars of Religion, engaging in the massive Siege of La Rochelle (1572–1573), organized by the Duke of Anjou, future Henry III of France...
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advantage of the disarray of the Huguenots by ordering the siege of La Rochelle, but was unable to take the Protestant stronghold. Many of Charles' decisions...
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Anglo-French War (1627–1629) (redirect from Anglo-French War of 1627)
It involved mainly actions at sea. The centrepiece of the conflict was the siege of La Rochelle (1627–1628) in which the English Crown supported the...
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to reconcile the inhabitants of La Rochelle, the great stronghold of the Huguenots, to the king (see Siege of La Rochelle (1572-1573)). But the Rochellois...
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Huguenot rebellions (redirect from Huguenot rebellion of 1622)
of the city. The threat of a future siege on the city of La Rochelle was obvious, both to Soubise and the people of La Rochelle. In February 1625, Soubise...
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duchess of Aquitaine. 1209 – Lantern Tower founded. 1219 – La Rochelle besieged during the Albigensian Crusade.(fr) 1224 – Siege of La Rochelle (1224)...
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Jacques de Lévis (category French people of the French Wars of Religion)
Henri III, fighting under his command during the siege of La Rochelle. With Anjou's election as king of the Commonwealth, Caylus travelled with his new...
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Montgomery returned to France with a fleet in an attempt to relieve the Siege of La Rochelle in 1573. The following year he attempted an insurrection in Normandy...
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island of Ré. He commanded at La Rochelle during the famous Siege of La Rochelle (1627–1628). According to his brother, the failure of the defence and of the...
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Isaac Manasses de Pas, Marquis de Feuquieres (category Military personnel of the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659))
celebrated siege of La Rochelle, where he was taken prisoner. In 1629 he was made Marechal de camp, and served in the fighting on the southern frontiers of France...
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1573, La Rochelle) was a Prince étranger, military commander and French governor, during the latter Italian Wars and the early French Wars of Religion...
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The Three Musketeers (category Cultural depictions of Anne of Austria)
return to the Siege of La Rochelle, Richelieu's Guards arrest D’Artagnan. D'Artagnan gives the Cardinal the secret order absolving the bearer of any responsibility...
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of their historic rights. A Polish delegation went to La Rochelle to meet with Henry, who was leading the Siege of La Rochelle. Henry left the siege following...
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François de Bassompierre (category Court of Henry IV of France)
Huguenot rising of 1621–22 won for him the dignity of marshal of France. He was with the army of the king during the siege of La Rochelle in 1628, and in...
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Siege of Fellin (1223) – Livonian Crusade Siege of Reval (1223) – Livonian Crusade Siege of Lohu (1223–1224) – Livonian Crusade Siege of La Rochelle (1224)...
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The Battle of La Rochelle was a naval battle fought on 22 and 23 June 1372 between a Castilian fleet commanded by the Castilian Admiral Ambrosio Boccanegra...
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from its base in Kiel. La Pallice was subject to the allied siege of La Rochelle in 1944–45, which ended with the capitulation of Germany. The large submarine...
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The Duke of Anjou was fighting at La Rochelle (see Siege of La Rochelle (1572–1573)) when he received word that he had been elected King of Poland. The...
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Henri-Paul Motte (category Knights of the Legion of Honour)
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. He won a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle (1900). He is best known for his work of the Siege of La Rochelle, a depiction...
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