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370: 423: 307:(1622). But Henri did not escape the results of the incurable factiousness which showed itself more strongly perhaps among the French Huguenots than among any other of the numerous armed oppositions of the 17th century. He was accused of luke-warmness and treachery, though he did not hesitate to renew the war when the compact of Montpellier was broken. Also during this time in the 1620s, Henri was responsible for considerable damage to the ancient Roman aqueduct bridge 38: 572: 302:
It was not till the decree for the restitution of church property in the south threw the Bearnese and Gascons into open revolt that Henri appeared as a rebel. His authority and military skill were very formidable to the royalists; his constancy and firmness greatly contributed to the happy issue of
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of the 16th and 17th centuries possessed. Alike in style, in clearness of matter and in shrewdness, they deserve very high praise. The first three books, dealing with the civil wars, appeared in 1644; the fourth, containing the narrative of the Valtelline campaigns, not till 1758. Some suspicions
295: 155:, who was a woman of exceptional learning and force of character. Henri II was by birth the second son, but when his elder brother René died young he became the heir of the name. He appeared at court and in the army at the age of sixteen, and was a special 455:'s campaigns and their application to modern warfare, and contains appendices dealing with phalangite and legionary methods of fighting and the art of war in general. He also wrote an account of his travels, the book on Switzerland mentioned above, 311:
while using it to transport his army across. To make space for his artillery, he had one side of the second row of arches of the ancient structure cut away to only two thirds of their original width, severely weakening the aqueduct bridge.
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in 1610, but soon afterwards he fell into active or passive opposition to the government over the religious disputes. For a time, however, he abstained from actual insurrection, and he endeavoured to keep on terms with
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Henri fought another Valtelline campaign, but without the success of the first, for the motives of France were now held in suspicion. The unfortunate commander retired to Geneva and thence went to the army of
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Again a hollow peace was patched up, but it lasted but a short time, and Henri undertook a third war (1627–1629), the first events of which are recounted in his celebrated
327:, Henri's younger brother) was one of considerable danger for Henri. In spite of all efforts he had in the end to sign a peace, and after this he made his way quickly to 362:. The campaign of 1633 was completely successful, but Henri was still considered dangerous to France, and was soon again in retirement. At this time he wrote his 587: 243: 394:. There his wounds were treated and he appeared to be recovering, when on 13 April he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and died. His body was buried at 843: 592: 443:
were expressed about the genuineness of the latter, but, it would seem, groundlessly. His famous book on the history and art of war,
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Rennie, George (1855). "Description of the Pont du Gard". Minutes of proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers 14: 238.
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A faithful relation of the most remarkable occurrences in France: especially concerning those of the reformed churches there.
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at the age of twenty-four. From 1593 onward, there had been negotiations of marriage between him and the Swedish princess
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on 28 February 1638. Freed from captivity by Colonel Taupadel, Henri was taken to the abbey of Konigsfeld, canton
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Louis XIV, and the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century: In Three Volumes (Volume 1)
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the honours of the family of Rohan-Gié passed to the house of Chabot. His grand daughter
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Status, Power, and Identity in Early Modern France: The Rohan Family, 1550–1715
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A Treatise of the Interest of the Princes and States of Christendome
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Huguenot Warrior: The Life and Times of Henri de Rohan, 1579–1638
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Title page of a German 1645 enhanced translation of Rohan's
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Salmon, J. H. M. "The Three Faces of Henri, Duc de Rohan."
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Le Duc de Rohan et la charte du parti protestant en France
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Breton-French soldier, writer and leader of the Huguenots
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was published in France in 1638 (in England in 1941 as
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D’Linterest des Princes et des Estats de la Chrestient
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Mémoires sur les choses qui se sont passées en France
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De l'interest des princes et estats de la chrestienté
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This last war (famous for the defence of 228:Voyage Du Duc de Rohan, Faict En l'An 1600 36: 613:(Edinburgh: James Thin, 1978), pp. 90–95. 364:TraitĂ© du gouvernement des treize cantons 582: 565: 563: 561: 559: 557: 555: 553: 551: 536: 534: 532: 530: 421: 368: 293: 283:, reappeared in the army and fought in 796: 750: 719: 689: 659:The French Wars of Religion, 1562-1629 548: 527: 386:. He was wounded and captured at the 695: 844:Peers created by Henry IV of France 298:Henri II, Duke of Rohan (1579–1638) 262:. He served in high command at the 246:, but in 1603, however, he married 13: 744: 275:; he even, despite his dislike of 233: 123:soldier, writer and leader of the 14: 865: 784: 778: 703:The memoires of the Duke of Rohan 570: 495:Venedig, Gustaf Adolf, und Rohan 410:married into the Rohans and was 713: 545:by Julia Pardoe (Bentley, 1847) 710:by Henri, Duke of Rohan (1660) 669: 651: 616: 600: 518: 487:Histoire du Duc Henri de Rohan 402:government. 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(1966). 493:(Paris, 1880); Buhring, 593:Encyclopædia Britannica 497:(Halle, 1885); Laugel, 426:Burial monument in the 384:Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar 342:At Venice he wrote his 194:In Scotland, Rohan saw 141:Blain, Loire-Atlantique 109:Henri II, Duke of Rohan 56:Blain, Loire-Atlantique 485:See Fauvelet de Foix, 431: 378: 299: 153:Catherine de Parthenay 135:Rohan was born at the 720:Walter, Ryan (2024), 425: 388:Battle of Rheinfelden 372: 305:Treaty of Montpellier 297: 248:Marguerite de BĂ©thune 101:Marguerite de BĂ©thune 588:Rohan, Henri, Duc de 445:Le Parfait Capitaine 428:St. Pierre Cathedral 412:princesse de Soubise 408:Anne de Rohan-Chabot 352:Le Parfait Capitaine 755:. Martinus Nijhoff. 279:, the favourite of 824:Viscounts of Rohan 759:Dewald, Jonathan. 432: 414:in her own right. 379: 337:Treaty of Cherasco 300: 216:Dunfermline Palace 196:Princess Elizabeth 785:Marek, Miroslav. 662:by Mack P. Holt ( 356:Thirty Years' War 200:Linlithgow Palace 147:. 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Index

Duke of Rohan

Château de Blain
Blain, Loire-Atlantique
Bern
Geneva
Marguerite de BĂ©thune
Duke of Rohan
Prince of LĂ©on
Breton-French
Huguenots
Château de Blain
Blain, Loire-Atlantique
Brittany
René II, viscount of Rohan
Catherine de Parthenay
favourite
Henry IV
House of Condé
Protestants
Peace of Vervins
Europe
England
Scotland
Elizabeth I
Princess Elizabeth
Linlithgow Palace
Prince Henry
Stirling Castle
Anne of Denmark

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