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Benjamin, Duke of Soubise

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98: 25: 158: 318: 203:. In the religious wars from 1621 onwards his elder brother chiefly commanded on land and in the south, Soubise in the west and along the sea-coast. His exploits in the conflict have been sympathetically related by his brother, one of the most highly regarded military critics of the time. 333: 282:
did not descend from Benjamin, who never bore that title. Nor did he ever receive the dukedom of Frontenay, although that title, too, is sometimes mistakenly attributed to him.
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was mainly due to the alternate obstinacy of the townsfolk and the English commanders in refusing to listen to Soubise's advice.
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Soubise's chief exploit was a singularly bold and well-conducted attack (in 1625) on the Royalist fleet in the river
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No such title as "Duke of Soubise" ever existed in France. The title,
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Benjamin de Rohan, Duc de Frontenay, Baron de Soubise.
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Noble family
Rohan
René II, Viscount of Rohan
Catherine de Parthenay

RĂ©
Siege of Saint-Martin-de-RĂ© (1625)
Huguenot
René II, Viscount of Rohan
Henri de Rohan
Catherine de Parthenay
Maurice of Nassau
Low Countries
Blavet
RĂ©
Oléron
Siege of Saint-Martin-de-RĂ© (1625)
Louis XIII
La Rochelle
Siege of La Rochelle
ĂŽle de RĂ©
England
London
prince de Soubise

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