Prince Louis Charles de La Trémoille (26 October 1838 – 4 July 1911), 9th Duke of Thouars, 8th Duke of La Trémoïlle, 11th prince de Tarente, 15th prince de Talmond and 15th Count of Laval
Almanach de Gotha
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, ''La Trémoïlle''. Justus Perthes
Johann Georg Justus Perthes (11 September 1749, Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – 2 May 1816, Gotha, Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg) was a German publisher and founder of the publishing house that bears his name. Life
He was born in the Thuringian to ...
, 1944, p.463. French. was a French aristocrat and the son of
Charles Bretagne Marie de La Trémoille and his third wife, Valentine Eugénie Joséphine Walsh de Serrant.
Louis Charles was also an archivist,
bibliophile
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Profile
The classic bibliophile is one who loves to read, admire and collect books, often ama ...
and also
collector.
Life
La Trémoille was born in his father's seventy-fifth year, and acceded to his titles just one year later.
He became a historian and in 1889 was inducted as a member of the
Academy of Inscriptions and Beautiful Letters. He devoted much study to his family archives, held at the
Château de Serrant and also granted access of them to researchers, in particular
Paul Marchegay (1812–1885) and the historian
Hugues Imbert (1822–1882).
On 23 August 1886, accompanied by his friend Henry Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquis of Breteuil, Louis Charles escorted
Prince Philippe d’Orléans, Duke of Orléans and various other Orléans Princes who were subject to ''The Law of Exile'' from the
Palace of Eu to
Le Tréport
Le Tréport () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in Normandy, France.
Geography
A small fishing port and light industrial town situated in the Pays de Caux, some northeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D 940, the D 78 and th ...
where they were to embark to England.
Marriage
On 2 July 1862 he married Marguerite-Jeanne Tanneguy-Duchâtel (16 December 1840 – 19 September 1913), daughter of count
Charles Marie Tanneguy Duchâtel, former minister to King
Louis-Philippe of France
Louis Philippe (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France.
As Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, he distinguished himself commanding troops during the Revolutionary War ...
and of his wife Rosalie ("Eglé") Paulée); They had two children:
*
Prince Louis Charles Marie de La Trémoille (1863–1921) who succeeded him.
* Princess Charlotte de La Trémoille (1864–1944); who married the Charles Marie François de La Rochefoucauld (1863–1907), The 7th
Duke of Estrées.
References
1838 births
1911 deaths
French nobility
House of La Trémoille
French princes
Dukes of Thouars
Dukes of La Trémoille
Counts of France
Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
19th-century French writers
20th-century French writers
19th-century French historians
20th-century French historians
People of Byzantine descent
19th-century French male writers
20th-century French male writers
French male non-fiction writers
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