The siege of Montauban (French: siège de Montauban) was a siege conducted by the young French king
Louis XIII
Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown ...
from August to November 1621, against the Protestant stronghold of
Montauban
Montauban (, ; oc, Montalban ) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department, region of Occitania, Southern France. It is the capital of the department and lies north of Toulouse. Montauban is the most populated town in Tarn-et-Garonne, ...
. This siege followed the
siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, in which Louis XIII had succeeded against Rohan's brother
Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise
Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise (1580–1642), was a French Huguenot leader.
Son of René II, Viscount of Rohan, and younger brother of Henri de Rohan, he inherited the lordship of Soubise through his mother Catherine de Parthenay. He serv ...
.
Despite a strength of about 25,000 men, Louis XIII was unable to capture the city of Montauban, and he had to raise the siege and abandon it after 2 months. After a lull, Louis XIII resumed his campaign with the
siege of Montpellier, which ended in stalemate, leading to the 1622
Peace of Montpellier, which temporarily confirmed the right of the Huguenots in France.
''The Huguenots of La Rochelle'' by Louis Delmas p.124
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The city would be finally captured in 1629, in the Redition of Montauban.
See also
* French Wars of Religion
The French Wars of Religion is the term which is used in reference to a period of civil war between French Catholics and Protestants, commonly called Huguenots, which lasted from 1562 to 1598. According to estimates, between two and four mil ...
* Huguenot rebellions
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 Calvinist Protestants (Huguenots), mainly located in southwestern France, revolted against ...
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Montauban
Montauban (, ; oc, Montalban ) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department, region of Occitania, Southern France. It is the capital of the department and lies north of Toulouse. Montauban is the most populated town in Tarn-et-Garonne, ...
History of Tarn-et-Garonne
Huguenot rebellions
Louis XIII