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Siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély (1621)
Part of the Huguenot rebellions
Siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, 1621
Date 30 May – 24 June 1621 Location Saint-Jean-d'Angély45°56′48″N 0°31′46″W / 45.9466°N 0.5294°W / 45.9466; -0.5294 Result Royal victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of France	French Huguenot forces
Commanders and leaders
Louis XIII	Soubise (Commander)

v t e Huguenot rebellions
1621–22 Saumur Saint-Jean-d'Angély La Rochelle Montauban Royan Saint-Foix Nègrepelisse Saint-Antonin Montpellier Treaty of Montpellier Saint-Martin-de-Ré 1625 Blavet Ré island Treaty of Paris 1627–29 Saint-Martin-de-Ré Pont du Feneau La Rochelle Privas Alès Montauban Peace of Alès Aftermath Dragonnades War of the Camisards

The siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély (French: siège de Saint-Jean-d'Angély) was a siege (military blockade), accomplished by the young French king Louis XIII in 1621, against the Protestant stronghold of Saint-Jean-d'Angély led by Rohan's brother Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise. Saint-Jean-d'Angély was a strategic city controlling the approach to the Huguenot stronghold of La Rochelle.

The city was captured after only 26 days, on 24 June 1621.

Louis XIII then sent a small army for the Blockade of La Rochelle, and continued to the south to lead the siege of Montauban, which he abandoned 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.

See also

• Huguenot rebellions

Notes

1. Siege warfare by Christopher Duffy, p.118
2. The Huguenots by Samuel Smiles, p.132
3. The Huguenots by Samuel Smiles, p.132
4. The Huguenots of La Rochelle by Louis Delmas p.124

• 1621 in France
• Sieges involving France
• Conflicts in 1621
• Military history of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
• History of Charente-Maritime
• Huguenot rebellions