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Battle of Blavet (1625)

Part of The Huguenot rebellions

The Blavet harbour ("Port du Blavet"), modern Port-Louis, in which Soubise seized the Royal fleet.

Date	17 January 1625
Location	Blavet 47°42′26″N 3°21′07″W / 47.7072°N 3.3519°W / 47.7072; -3.3519
Result	Huguenot victory

Belligerents

Kingdom of France

French Huguenot forces

Commanders and leaders

Duke of Nevers
Duke of Vendôme

Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise (Commander)

Strength

6 great warships

12 small warships
300 soldiers
100 sailors

French Wars of Religion

First; 1562–1563
Conflict in the provinces; Rouen; Vergt; Dreux; Orléans

Second; 1567–1568
Saint-Denis; Chartres

Third; 1568–1570
Jarnac; La Roche-l'Abeille; Poitiers; Orthez; Moncontour; Saint-Jean d'Angély; Arney-le-Duc

Fourth; 1572–1573
Mons; Sommières; Sancerre; La Rochelle

Fifth; 1574–1576
Dormans

Sixth; 1577
La Charité-sur-Loire; Issoire; Brouage

Seventh; 1580
La Fère

War of the Three Henrys (1585–1589)
Coutras; Vimory; Auneau; Day of the Barricades

Succession of Henry IV of France (1589–1594)
Arques; Ivry; Paris; Château-Laudran; Rouen; Caudebec; Craon; 1st Luxembourg; Blaye; Morlaix; Fort Crozon

Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598)
2nd Luxembourg; Fontaine-Française; Ham; Le Catelet; Doullens; Cambrai; Calais; La Fère; Ardres; Amiens

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 Battle of Blavet (French: Bataille du Blavet) was an encounter between the Huguenot forces of Soubise and a French fleet under the Duke of Nevers in Blavet harbour (Port de Blavet, modern Port-Louis), Brittany in January 1625, triggering the Second Huguenot rebellion against the Crown of France.