Editing Île de Ré (section)

===Capture (1625)===
{{Main|Capture of Ré island}}
In February 1625, the Protestant [[Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise|Duke of Soubise]] led a [[Huguenot]] revolt against the French king [[Louis XIII]], and after publishing a manifesto, invaded and occupied the island of Ré.<ref>{{cite book |title=The French Wars of Religion, 1562-1629 |page= xiii |first= Mack P. |last=Holt |work=History |year=2005 |publisher= Cambridge University Press |isbn= 9781139447676 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=En23VTbYwhQC&q=Soubise+1625+Ile+de+Re&pg=PR13}}</ref> He seized Ré with 300 soldiers and 100 sailors. From there he sailed up to Brittany, where he led his successful attack on the royal fleet in [[Blavet]], although he could not take the fort after a three-week siege. Soubise then returned to Ré with 15 ships and soon occupied the [[Ile d'Oléron]] as well, thus giving him command of the Atlantic coast from [[Nantes]] to [[Bordeaux]]. Through these actions, he was recognized as the head of the reform, and named himself "Admiral of the Protestant Church".<ref name="books.google.com">{{cite book |title=Penny cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge |year= 1842 |page= 268 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E9sGAAAAYAAJ&q=Soubise+Oleron&pg=PA268}}</ref> A few months later, in September 1625, [[Charles, Duke of Guise]], organized a landing in order to recapture the islands, with the support of the Dutch (20 ships)<ref name="books.google.com"/> and English navies. The fleet of [[La Rochelle]] was defeated, as was Soubise with 3,000 men, when he led a counter-attack against the royal troops who had landed on the island.<ref name="books.google.com"/> The island was invested forcing Soubise to flee to England.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KvD1_c9wQaAC&q=Soubise+1625+R%C3%A9&pg=RA1-PA127 |title=Fractured Europe, 1600-1721 |first=David J. |last=Sturdy |page= 127 |date= February 2002|publisher=Wiley |isbn=9780631205135 |access-date=2013-02-28}}</ref>