Prince Charles Belgique Hollande de La Trémoïlle (May 1655 – 1 June 1709),
4th Duke of Thouars, was a French nobleman.
Early life
He was the second child and eldest son of
Prince Henri Charles de La Trémoille (son and heir of
Prince Henri de La Trémoille, 3rd Duke of Thouars and his wife
Princess Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne of Bouillon) and his wife Princess Emilie of
Hesse-Kassel
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (german: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Kassel), spelled Hesse-Cassel during its entire existence, was a state in the Holy Roman Empire that was directly subject to the Emperor. The state was created in 1567 when the Lan ...
(daughter of
Prince William V, Prince of Hesse-Kassel and his wife
Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg
Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (28 January 1602–18 August 1651) was Landgravine consort and Regent of Hesse-Kassel. She married the future William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel in 1619 and became Landgravine upon his ascension to power in 1 ...
).
Religion
Brought up a
Calvinist
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, in 1668 his father had converted to
Catholicism
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and then forcibly converted his children as well. His mother and eldest sister fled to the Netherlands.
Marriage and issue
On 3 April 1675 he married Princess Madeleine de
Créquy
Créquy () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Geography
One of many small villages in Artois, Créquy gives it name to the small stream, the Créquoise
The river Créquoise (; pcd, Créqu ...
(1655-1707), daughter and heiress of
Prince Charles de Créquy and his wife
Anne-Armande de Saint Gelais de Lansac. The couple had two children:
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Princess Marie Armande de La Trémoille (1677-1717) who married
Prince Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne of Bouillon, The Prince of Turenne (later Reigning
Duke of Bouillon
The Duchy of Bouillon (french: Duché de Bouillon) was a duchy comprising Bouillon and adjacent towns and villages in present-day Belgium.
The state originated in the 10th century as property of the Lords of Bouillon, owners of Bouillon Cast ...
from 1721); They had Seven children.
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Prince Charles Louis Bretagne de La Trémoille who succeeded him as The 5th Duke of Thouars as well as other titles in 1709; He married Marie-Madeleine
Motier de La Fayette and they had one child.
Ancestors
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1655 births
1709 deaths
French nobility
House of La Trémoille
French princes
Dukes of Thouars
Dukes of La Trémoille
Counts of France
French Roman Catholics
Converts to Roman Catholicism from Calvinism
17th-century French people
18th-century French people
17th-century peers of France
18th-century peers of France
People of Byzantine descent
Dukes of France
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