Charles Armand René de La Trémoille
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Charles Armand René de La Trémoille (14 January 1708 – 23 May 1741), 6th duc de Thouars, was the son of Charles Louis Bretagne de La Trémoille and his wife, Madeleine de Créquy.
La Trémoille was a French soldier and president States of Brittany. 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 Île-de-France. He distinguished himself in the battle of Guastalla, 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 February 13, 1738.
On January 29, 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. From this union was born a son: Jean Bretagne Charles de La Trémoille.
| Preceded by Victor-Marie d'Estrées |
Seat 9 Académie française 1738-1741 |
Succeeded by Armand de Rohan-Soubise |
