Siege of Royan

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Wars of religion
Part of: Huguenot War
Siege of Royan
Siege of Royan
date May 4, 1622 to May 11, 1622
place Royan
output Victory of the besiegers
consequences Free withdrawal of the besieged
Parties to the conflict

Royal Pavilion de la France.svg Catholics

Croix huguenote.png Huguenots

Commander

King Louis XIII

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Sieges of Huguenot cities in the 16th and 17th centuries

The siege of Royan was founded in 1622 by the troops of King Louis XIII. carried out to take down another bastion of the Huguenot rebellion.

prehistory

After the massacre of the Huguenot troops in the battle near Riez , the royal army marched on April 19 via Aizenay , La Roche-sur-Yon , Sainte-Hermine and Fontenay-le-Comte to Niort, where they arrived on April 23. From there, on April 27, she moved to Royan to lay siege to that city that ruled the Gironde estuary . She marched through Chizé and Saint-Jean-d'Angély , rested in Saintes for two days, then came to Saujon and appeared before Royan on May 4th.

Used siege forces

(as far as known)

The siege

After exploring the site on May 4th, the king took his headquarters in Chastelar near Vaux-sur-Mer .

On the advice of the engineer director of France, the Italian Pompeo Targone, two attack columns were formed:

  1. The right column, led by the Régiment des Gardes françaises under the command of Maréchal de France Charles de Choiseul-Praslin and his deputy François de Bassompierre, moved along the sea.
  2. The left column was led by the Régiment de Picardie under the command of Nicolas de L'Hospital, Maréchal de Vitry, assisted by Henri de Bauffremont-Sennecey , Louis de Marillac and Jean de Biron.

As a result, 16 Huguenot warships left the port of Royan and shelled the approach trenches, but without achieving any success.

A counter mine , which was detonated by the besieged under the Picardy Regiment, cost a large number of dead. Another, loaded with 600 pounds of powder, went off by itself (and apparently too soon).

After an attack on May 11, when the Régiment des Gardes françaises managed to penetrate the moat, the defenders surrendered and were given the right to withdraw to La Rochelle with weapons and luggage, but without cannons and the associated ammunition .

Effects

Before marching on to the Saintonge , the king wanted to somehow restrict the activities of the Huguenots, at least on the mainland. He therefore transferred the blockade of La Rochelle to his cousin Louis de Bourbon-Soissons , who was appointed "Général de l'armée d ' Aunis " (General of the "Army in Aunis").

Isaac du Raynier, seigneur de Droué, captain of the Gardes françaises, was left behind as military governor with his 200-man company in Royan. Louis XIII. continued his march in the Languedoc to support Henri II. de Montmorency , who had great difficulty fighting Henri II. de Rohan .

literature

  • Colonel Edouard Hardy de Périni: Batailles françaises

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Châtelard is now part of Royan
  2. ^ Jean II. De Gontaut, marquis de Biron, brother of Charles de Gontaut-Biron
  3. ↑ 1622: Isaac du Raynier (c. 1581–1647) governor de Royan

literature

  • Colonel Edouard Hardy de Périni, Batailles françaises , vol. 3

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