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
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(killed in 1515 at the
battle of Marignano
The Battle of Marignano was the last major engagement of the War of the League of Cambrai and took place on 13–14 September 1515, near the town now called Melegnano, 16 km southeast of Milan. It pitted the French army, composed of the b ...
) and of Louise de Coëtivy.
Titles
François held the title of 36th
vicomte
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In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicial ...
of
Thouars
Thouars () is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. On 1 January 2019, the former communes Mauzé-Thouarsais, Missé and Sainte-Radegonde were merged into Thouars.
It is on the River Thouet. Its inhabitants are known ...
Royan
Royan (; in the Saintongeais dialect; oc, Roian) is a commune and town in the south-west of France, in the department of Charente-Maritime in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its inhabitants are known as ''Royannais'' and ''Royannaises''. Capi ...
, baron of Sully, baron of L'Ile-Bouchard, baron of Brandois, baron of Mauléon, baron of Mareuil, baron of Marans, baron of
Rochefort
Rochefort () may refer to:
Places France
* Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, in the Charente-Maritime department
** Arsenal de Rochefort, a former naval base and dockyard
* Rochefort, Savoie in the Savoie department
* Rochefort-du-Gard, in the Ga ...
, baron of
Sainte-Hermine
Sainte-Hermine () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
Geography
The river Smagne flows southwestward through the commune and crosses the town. The river Lay forms most of the commune's northe ...
and baron of Doué.
Life
The la Trémoille family, inheriting the county of Laval after the death of Guy XX of the Laval family, the last representative of that county's direct line. This inheritance obliged the descendants of Anne of Laval, and of François de la Trémoille, to come to stay on the banks of the
Mayenne
Mayenne () is a landlocked department in northwest France named after the river Mayenne. Mayenne is part of the administrative region of Pays de la Loire and is surrounded by the departments of Manche, Orne, Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire, and Ill ...
occasionally.
On 31 October 1537 François lost the châtellenie of Rochefort. In effect, a decree of the
parlement de Paris
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dating to 10 March 1536 reunited Rochefort with his domain. The royal officers, always attentive to conserving the interests of their master, were justified by the tenacity of the La Trémoille family, shown especially by a royal debt of 18 000
écu
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s to the family since the
battle of Castillon
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Guy XVI de Laval
Guy XVI, Count of Laval, Mayenne (1 October 1476 – 20 May 1531) was a member of the House of Laval. He was christened Nicolas, but upon inheriting the title, he took the required name of Guy, as his predecessors had done. He was the son of J ...
Louis III de la Trémoille
Louis III de La Trémoille (1521 – 25 March 1577), 1st Duke of Thouars, was a sixteenth-century French nobleman of the La Tremoille family. He was the son of François II de La Trémoille and his wife, Anne de Laval.
Louis accompanied the d ...
who succeeded his father
* François, count of Benon and baron of Montagu († 1555), who married Françoise du Bouchet,
* Charles, baron of Mauléon and baron of Marans, abbot of Saint-Laon.
* Georges, baron of Royan and baron of Olonne and lord (
seigneur
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) of Saujon and of Kergolay († December 1584), who married Madeleine de Luxembourg (daughter of François II vicomte de Martigues) (they were the parents of Gilbert, baron then from October 1592 marquis of
Royan
Royan (; in the Saintongeais dialect; oc, Roian) is a commune and town in the south-west of France, in the department of Charente-Maritime in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its inhabitants are known as ''Royannais'' and ''Royannaises''. Capi ...
, and baron then from January 1600 count of
Olonne
Olonne-sur-Mer (, literally ''Olonne on Sea'') is a former commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Les Sables-d'Olonne.Noirmoutiers and lord of Mornac, of Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe, of Saint-Germain, of Buron, and of La Roche-Diré († 1566), who married Antoinette de Maillé,
* Louise baroness of Rochefort († 1569) who married Philippe de Lévis,
* Jacqueline, baroness of Marans, of Sainte-Hermine, of Brandois, and of La Mothe-Achard († 1599), who married
Louis IV de Bueil, Comte de Sancerre
Louis IV de Bueil, Comte de Sancerre (died c. 1565) was the Count of Sancerre from 1537 until his death. Great cup-bearer of the king of France, Knight of the Order of King, Count of Sancerre (1537-1563), governor of Anjou, Touraine and Maine . He ...