Henri Charles de La Trémoille (17 December 1620 – 14 September 1672) was a French nobleman and military commander. He was the son of
Henry de La Trémoille
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, duc of Thouars and of La Trémoille, and his wife,
Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne.
In 1628, La Trémoille's father, Henri III of Trémoïlle, converted himself and his children to
Catholicism
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, but La Trémoille's mother convinced him to reconvert to
Protestantism
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when he reached the age of majority. In 1638, he joined the army of his uncle,
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange
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. In 1648, he married the Calvinist Émilie of Hesse-Kassel, the daughter of
William V of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel). They had five children, including
Charles Belgique, his heir, and
Charlotte Amélie de la Trémoille.
In October 1651, during
the Fronde
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, he came out against
Cardinal Mazarin
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and supported
Condé openly. As a result, in 1656 he was imprisoned in Amiens. La Trémoille's mother obtained his release after several months of imprisonment. He was then relegated in Poitou then turned over to serve in
Holland
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. In 1668, he returned from Holland to manage the affairs of the duchy of Thouars, his father being weakened by the
gout
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, and he again re-converted to Catholicism, taking away the children from his wife who fled to the Netherlands. He died two years before his father in 1672; it was thus his elder son,
Charles
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, who succeeded as the fourth
duke of Thouars.
1620 births
1672 deaths
Converts to Roman Catholicism from Calvinism
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