Charles Armand René de La Trémoille, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French noble
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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Charles Armand René de La Trémoille
- Charles Armand René de La Trémoille (14 January 1708, in Paris – 23 May 1741), 6th duc de Thouars, was the son of Charles Louis Bretagne de La Trémoille and his wife, Marie Madeleine Motier de la Fayette. La Trémoille was a French soldier and president of the States of Brittany.
- He joined the military at a young age and became a colonel of the Champagne regiment at the age of eighteen.
- Later, he became governor of Île-de-France.
- He distinguished himself in the battle of Guastalla, in Italy, and was named shortly thereafter sergeant of the armies of the king.
- La Trémoille was the author of some works and was elected a member of the Académie française on 13 February 1738.
- On 29 January 1725 he married his cousin Marie Hortense de La Tour d'Auvergne, the daughter of Marie Armande Victoire de la Trémoïlle (1677–1717) and Emmanuel-Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de Bouillon (1668–1730).
- Marie Hortense, like her husband was a granddaughter of Charles Belgique Hollande de La Trémoille.
- From this union was born a son: Jean Bretagne Charles de La Trémoille and a daughter who died in infancy.
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