Louis III de La Trémoille (1521 – 25 March 1577), 1st Duke of

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, was a sixteenth-century French nobleman of the La Tremoille family. He was the son of

François II de La Trémoille François de La Trémoille (1505–1541) was a French nobleman of the La Tremoille family. He was the son of Charles I de la Trémoille (killed in 1515 at the battle of Marignano) and of Louise de Coëtivy. Titles François held the title of 36t ...

and his wife, Anne de Laval. Louis accompanied the dauphin on a voyage to

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in 1542, served in the war against the English in

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and was one of the four

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s given as a hostage of the Holy Ampoule at the consecration of Henry II, and one of the hostages of the peace treaty concluded in 1542 between France and England. In 1549, he married Jeanne de Montmorency (1528–1596), the second daughter of

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. They had five children, including: * Louis, comte de Benon, *

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, Duke of Thouars, married Charlotte of Nassau * Charlotte-Catherine de La Trémoille (1568–1629), who married

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. Louis served in Italy under Marshal de Cossé. In 1560, he was a lieutenant general of

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and of

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. He was charged, in 1567, with the command of the Loire Valley, served under the

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and was killed at the siege of

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on 25 March 1577, at the moment when the city fell.

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* 1521 births 1577 deaths

Louis III Louis III may refer to: * Louis the Younger, sometimes III of Germany (835–882) * Louis III of France (865–882) * Louis the Blind, Louis III, Holy Roman Emperor, (c. 880–928) * Louis the Child, sometimes III of Germany (893–911) * Louis I ...

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