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A fleet of five warships was being prepared at Blavet, for a future blockade of the city of La
Rochelle. Emissaries were sent to Paris to obtain the execution of the Treaty of Montpellier, but in vain. These were the 6 Royal Ships: La Vierge, Saint Basile, Saint François, Saint Jean, Saint Louis de
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and the people of La
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Soubise, now in possession of a formidable fleet of 70 ships, then anchored in front of
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in their resistance to Spain, and defy all the power of the monarchy to reduce them." (
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The birth of absolutism: a history of France, 1598-1661
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873:French Wars of Religion
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208:French Wars of Religion
22:Battle of Blavet (1625)
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912:The history of France
898:The history of France
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763:Treaty of Montpellier
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588:Treaty of Montpellier
377:Day of the Barricades
861:Siege of La Rochelle
853:Capture of ĂŽle de RĂ©
674:War of the Camisards
334:La Charité-sur-Loire
1200:History of Morbihan
878:Huguenot rebellions
741:under the walls of
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525:Huguenot rebellions
288:Saint-Jean d'Angély
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29:Huguenot rebellions
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857:Duke of Buckingham
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593:Saint-Martin-de-RĂ©
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88:47.7072°N 3.3519°W
1180:Conflicts in 1625
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637:La Rochelle
583:Montpellier
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430:Fort Crozon
386:(1589–1594)
361:(1585–1589)
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314:La Rochelle
254:Saint-Denis
169:100 sailors
152:(Commander)
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1174:Categories
1124:References
948:Quoted in
774:Fort Louis
759:Louis XIII
739:Fort Louis
729:Background
715:Port-Louis
697:forces of
568:Saint-Foix
452:Le Catelet
284:Moncontour
76:47°42′26″N
43:Port-Louis
846:ĂŽle de RĂ©
828:La Vierge
713:, modern
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663:Aftermath
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610:RĂ© island
558:Montauban
306:Sommières
79:3°21′07″W
867:See also
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719:Brittany
695:Huguenot
456:Doullens
410:Caudebec
310:Sancerre
276:Poitiers
258:Chartres
157:Strength
128:Huguenot
62:Location
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699:Soubise
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537:1621–22
468:La Fère
460:Cambrai
426:Morlaix
365:Coutras
352:La Fère
342:Brouage
338:Issoire
324:Dormans
243:Orléans
126:French
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390:Arques
373:Auneau
369:Vimory
280:Orthez
268:Jarnac
130:forces
104:Result
67:Blavet
884:Notes
793:Dutch
563:Royan
422:Blaye
414:Craon
406:Rouen
398:Paris
239:Dreux
235:Vergt
231:Rouen
1159:ISBN
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