Charles Armand René de La Trémoille (14 January 1708, in

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– 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

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. 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

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. He distinguished himself in the

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, 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 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 Hen ...

. From this union was born a son:

Jean Bretagne Charles de La Trémoille Prince Jean-Bretagne-Charles de La Trémoille (5 February 1737 – 19 May 1792), 7th Duke of Thouars, was a French soldier and the son of Charles Armand René de La Trémoille and his wife, Marie Hortense de La Tour d'Auvergne of Bouillon. Life ...

and a daughter who died in infancy.

Issue

(4 February 1737 – 15 May 1792) married Marie Geneviève de Durfort, no issue. Married Princess Marie Maximilienne Louise of Salm-Kyrburg and had issue. *X de La Trémoille (5 Mar 1740 – March 1744) female who died in infancy. {{DEFAULTSORT:La Tremoille, Charles Armand Rene de 1708 births 1741 deaths Nobility from Paris Members of the Académie Française Charles Armand Rene Dukes of Thouars 18th-century French writers 18th-century French male writers People of Byzantine descent 18th-century peers of France Military personnel from Paris