Ravitaillement de l Ile de Re par Claude de Razilly en 1627 by Claude Vignon 1642

Claude de Razilly, also Claude de Launay-Razilly (1593-1654). was a French Navy officer. He was the brother of

François de Razilly François de Razilly was a French nobleman of the 17th century who led the colonial enterprise to found "France Équinoxiale". He headed a colonial party of about 500 to an island which would become the city of São Luís do Maranhão. He arrived ...

and Isaac de Razilly. Letter of Richelieu to Claude de Razilly asking him to do everything in his power to relieve Re Island July 1627

Claude de Razilly fought in the Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré (1627) in 1627 and the Siege of La Rochelle. In 1627, he successfully relieved the siege of the Royal forces in the fortress of

Saint-Martin-de-Ré Saint-Martin-de-Ré (, literally ''Saint-Martin of Ré''; Saintongeais: ''Sént-Martin-de-Ré'') is a commune in the western French department of Charente-Maritime.Richelieu Richelieu (, ; ) may refer to: People * Cardinal Richelieu (Armand-Jean du Plessis, 1585–1642), Louis XIII's chief minister * Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu (1582–1653), French Carthusian bishop and Cardinal * Louis François Armand ...

in association with his brother Isaac de Razilly a mission to recover Acadia from the English following the Treaty of Saint-Germain. He was

Governor of Acadia The governance of the French colony of Acadia has a long and tangled history. Founded in 1603 by Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts, the territory of Acadia (roughly, the present-day Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward I ...

when

Port Royal Port Royal is a village located at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica. Founded in 1494 by the Spanish, it was once the largest city in the Caribbean, functioning as the centre of shipping and co ...

was recovered in 1634. Three years later, Claude de Razilly was succeeded as Acadian Governor by two contenders, Charles de Menou d'Aulnay and Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour.''The Founding of New England'' by James Truslow Adams p.232
/ref> In 1638, Claude de Razilly fought in the

Battle of Guetaria The Battle of Getaria was fought on 22 August 1638 during the Franco-Spanish War (1635–59), at Getaria, in northern Spain. A French naval force commanded by Henri de Sourdis attacked and destroyed a Spanish squadron under Lope de Hoces, who surv ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Razilly, Claude De French Navy officers Acadia 1637 deaths Year of birth unknown 1593 births Military personnel of the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)