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The younger brother of Henri de Rohan, he inherited his title through his mother Catherine de Parthenay . He served his apprenticeship as a soldier under Maurice of Nassau in the Low Countries. In the religious wars from 1621 onwards his elder brother chiefly commanded on land and in the south, Soubise in the west and along the sea-coast. His exploits in the conflict have been sympathetically related by his brother, one of the most highly-regarded military critics of the time.

Soubise's chief exploit was a singularly bold and well-conducted attack (in 1625) on the Royalist fleet in the river Blavet (which included the cutting of a boom in the face of superior numbers) and the occupation of Oleron. He commanded at La Rochelle during the famous siege ( 1627- 1628). According to his brother, the failure of the defence and of the English attack on Île de Ré was mainly due to the alternate obstinacy of the townsfolk and the English commanders in refusing to listen to Soubise's advice.

When surrender became inevitable he fled to EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England, which he had previously visited in quest of succour. He died in 1642 in LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri. The SoubiseSoubise can refer to: Soubise, a commune of the Charente-Maritime departement in France Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise (? 1580-1642), Huguenot leader Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise (1715-1787), peer and marshal of France. title afterwards served as the chief second designation (not for heirs apparent, but for the chief collateral branch for the time being) of the house of Rohan-Chabot .

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. 1911 Britannica