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    The Huguenot rebellions, sometimes called the Rohan Wars after the Huguenot leader Henri de Rohan, were a series of rebellions of the 1620s in which French...
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    Nantes of 1598, which granted the Huguenots substantial religious, political and military autonomy. Huguenot rebellions in the 1620s resulted in the abolition...
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    Hans J. Hillerbrand in his Encyclopedia of Protestantism claims the Huguenots reached as much as 15% of the French population on the eve of the St....
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    growing persecution of the Huguenots culminated with the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV in 1685. Many Huguenots emigrated, founding such...
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    June 28 – Huguenot rebellions: Louis XIII of France signs in his camp at Lédignan the Peace of Alès, ending the Huguenot rebellions. The Huguenots are allowed...
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    Siege of La Rochelle (category Huguenot rebellions)
    starting the third Huguenot rebellion. La Rochelle was the greatest stronghold among the Huguenot cities of France, and the centre of Huguenot resistance. Cardinal...
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    Huguenot rebellions A History of the Huguenots William Shergold Browning p.220 Europa triumphans by J. R. Mulryne, p.123 A History of the Huguenots William...
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    Vervins (2 May 1598) concluded the wars, while the ensuing 1620s Huguenot rebellions lead others to believe the Peace of Alès in 1629 is the actual conclusion...
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    Soubise and the Huguenot forces of La Rochelle, who had been occupying the Island of Ré since February 1625 as part of the Huguenot rebellions. The Protestants...
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    1618–1648 after that conflict engulfed Europe. Despite suppressing the Huguenot rebellions of the 1620s, he made alliances with Protestant states like the Kingdom...
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    Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (member of the Protestant Union) The Huguenot rebellions (1621–1629) in France The Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639–1653)...
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    May – Huguenot rebellions: The Huguenot city of Royan is taken by royal forces, after a short siege. June 11 – Huguenot rebellions: The Huguenot city of...
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    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...
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  • Anglo-French War (1627–1629) – the English intervention during the Huguenot rebellions Anglo-French War (1666–1667) – minor corollary of the Second Anglo-Dutch...
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    February 1594. The Huguenot rebellions, sometimes called the Rohan Wars'after the Huguenot leader Henri de Rohan, were a series of rebellions of the 1620s in...
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    Nègrepelisse massacre (category Huguenot rebellions)
    Louis XIII in the Protestant stronghold of Nègrepelisse during the Huguenot rebellions. The taking of the town followed Louis's unsuccessful siege of Montauban...
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  • Saint-Jean-d'Angély (1621) – Huguenot rebellions Blockade of La Rochelle (1621–22) – Huguenot rebellions Siege of Montauban (1621) – Huguenot rebellions Siege of Pressburg...
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    May – Huguenot rebellions: The Huguenot city of Royan is taken by royal forces, after a short siege. June 11 – Huguenot rebellions: The Huguenot city of...
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    Dragonnades (category Huguenot history in France)
    Huguenots, as well as political and military privileges. The latter were abolished in 1629 under the Peace of Alès following the Huguenot rebellions,...
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    embroidered white cross denoting the fact that they were formed during the Huguenot rebellions in support of the Catholic cause. Shortly after the Musketeers were...
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    Huguenot rebellions: The French Protestant city of La Rochelle joins in the revolt by Benjamin, Duke of Soubise. August 22 – Huguenot rebellions: Louis...
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    Siege of Alès (category Huguenot rebellions)
    resistance. This was one of the last events in the repression of the Huguenot rebellions in France. The siege was followed by the Peace of Alès (27 September...
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  • Some notable French Huguenots or people with French Huguenot ancestry include: Salomon de Brosse (1571–1626), French architect. Isaac de Caus (1590–1648)...
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    Siege of Privas (category Huguenot rebellions)
    was captured on 28 May 1629. It was one of the last events of the Huguenot rebellions (1621-1629). The siege of Privas followed the disastrous capitulation...
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     France Branch French Army Type Infantry Garrison/HQ Tours Engagements Huguenot rebellions Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) Franco-Dutch War War of the Reunions...
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    Tribunal de Corts (High Court of Justice) was created as a result of Huguenot rebellions in France, Inquisition courts coming from Spain and witchcraft-related...
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  • Louis XIII 14 May–28 May – Huguenot rebellions: After a 15-day siege, Louis XIII captures Privas. 17 June – Huguenot rebellions: Alès surrenders after an...
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    January 1625, triggering the Second Huguenot rebellion against the Crown of France. An important Huguenot rebellion against the pro-Catholic King of France...
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  • Stellenbosch Infantry, which comprised mostly Huguenots, he provided military backing for a rebellion which began in 1706 against the Governor of the...
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    antagonised Condé, who launched another rebellion in the early months of 1616. Huguenot leaders supported Condé's rebellion, which led the young Louis XIII to...
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