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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...
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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...
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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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    elected the King of Poland, he agrees to negotiate an end to the Siege of La Rochelle, which has continued for almost nine months against the Huguenots...
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  • siege of la rochelle La Rochelle (disambiguation) Rochelle (disambiguation) fr:Bataille de La Rochelle fr:Siège de La Rochelle This disambiguation page...
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    [citation needed] 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...
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  • commancement du siège jusqu'à la fin du mois de mars dernier, avec une louange des princes, grands seigneurs, et chefs de l'armée, 1573 Le Tombeau de très noble...
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  • widowed after Claude was killed by a cannonball on 1 August 1573, during the Siege of La Rochelle. Louise transferred ownership of Anet to her son Charles...
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    The Diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes (Latin: Dioecesis Rupellensis et Santonensis; French: Diocèse de La Rochelle et Saintes) is a Latin Church diocese...
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  • Boulogne and the Peace of La Rochelle, was signed in June 1573 by Charles IX of France in the Château de Madrid in the Bois de Boulogne. It was officially...
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    Religion, and in 1572/1573 led the siege of La Rochelle, a massive military assault on the Huguenot-held city. At the end of May 1573, Henry learned that...
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    The Blockade of La Rochelle (French: Blocus de La Rochelle) took place in 1621-1622 during the repression of the Huguenot rebellion by the French king...
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    Charles de Valois (28 April 1573 – 24 September 1650) was an illegitimate son of Charles IX of France and Marie Touchet. He was count of Auvergne, duke...
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  • Rochelle. 1573 Siege of La Rochelle (1572–73) during the French Wars of Religion. 24 June: Peace of La Rochelle treaty signed. 1621 – Blockade of La Rochelle...
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    take 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'...
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    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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    having been classmates at the Collège de Navarre. He fought under the duke at the siege of La Rochelle in 1573 before joining the prince when he was elected...
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    massive Siege of La Rochelle (1572–1573), organized by the Duke of Anjou, future Henry III of France, and leading the five-year Siege of Ménerbes (1573–1578)...
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    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 were...
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  • the siege of La Rochelle (1573). He was born at Caumont-Guienne, the son of Pierre Nogaret de La Valette (1497–1553) and Marguerite de L'Isle de St. Aignan...
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    War", ended by the Edict of Boulogne November 1572 – July 1573: Siege of La Rochelle May 1573: Henry d'Anjou elected King of Poland 1574: Death of Charles...
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    figure at the famous Siege of La Rochelle, for which the Catholic army imprisoned her and her daughter Anne de Rohan at Donjon de Niort. She was said to...
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    The siege of Royan (French: Siège de Royan) was a siege accomplished by the young French king Louis XIII in 1622, against the Protestant stronghold of...
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    the Siege of La Rochelle (1572-1573). Henry III, whom he accompanied to Poland named him governor of Lyon. In the war with the League, he forced La Fère...
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  • War Siege of La Rochelle (1572–1573), assault on the Huguenot city of La Rochelle during the French Wars of Religion. Siege of Sancerre (1572–1573) – French...
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    Huguenot leaders, who decided to take refuge in La Rochelle. Louis Ier de Bourbon-Condé and admiral de Coligny fled to their estates in Burgundy on 28...
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  • was squire to the Duke of Anjou, future Henry III, at the siege of La Rochelle (1572–1573). Disappointed by the attitude of Henry III after his return...
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    Gaspard travelled to the Commonwealth together. In 1573, while conducting the siege of La Rochelle, Anjou was elected as king of the Commonwealth. Schomberg...
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  • afterwards. In late 1586, Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron besieged Marans, an important town providing access to La Rochelle, during which he was wounded...
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    Ponte Tresa or Mesanzena, today in Switzerland. During the Siege of La Rochelle (1572–1573), he successfully engineered a mine under a bastion and breached...
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