Louis Charles de La Trémoille
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Louis Charles de La Trémoille (26 October 1838–4 July 1911), 9th duc de Thouars, was a French nobleman and the son of Charles Bretagne Marie de La Trémoille
and his third wife, Valentine Eugénie Joséphine Walsh de Serrant.
La Trémoille was born in his father's seventy-fifth year, and acceded to his titles just one year later. He became an historian and was a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres
. He devoted much study to his family archives, and granted access to them to researchers, in particular Paul Marchegay (1812–1885) and the historian Hugues Imbert (1822–1882).
On July 2, 1862, he married Marguerite-Jeanne Tanneguy-Duchâtel (December 16, 1840 - September 19, 1913), daughter of count Charles Marie Tanneguy Duchâtel
, former minister to King Louis-Philippe of France
. They had two children:
Charles Bretagne Marie de La Trémoille
Charles Bretagne Marie de La Trémoille , 8th duc de Thouars, was a French soldier and the son of Jean Bretagne Charles de La Trémoille and his wife, Marie-Maximilienne, princess of Salm-Kyrburg....
and his third wife, Valentine Eugénie Joséphine Walsh de Serrant.
La Trémoille was born in his father's seventy-fifth year, and acceded to his titles just one year later. He became an historian and was a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres is a French learned society devoted to the humanities, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France.-History:...
. He devoted much study to his family archives, and granted access to them to researchers, in particular Paul Marchegay (1812–1885) and the historian Hugues Imbert (1822–1882).
On July 2, 1862, he married Marguerite-Jeanne Tanneguy-Duchâtel (December 16, 1840 - September 19, 1913), daughter of count Charles Marie Tanneguy Duchâtel
Tanneguy Duchâtel
Count Charles Marie Tanneguy Duchâtel was a French politician....
, former minister to King Louis-Philippe of France
Louis-Philippe of France
Louis Philippe I was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 in what was known as the July Monarchy. His father was a duke who supported the French Revolution but was nevertheless guillotined. Louis Philippe fled France as a young man and spent 21 years in exile, including considerable time in the...
. They had two children:
- Louis Charles MarieLouis Charles Marie de La TrémoilleLouis Charles Marie de La Trémoille , 10th duc de Thouars, was a French nobleman and the son of Louis Charles de La Trémoille and his wife, Marguerite-Jeanne Tanneguy-Duchâtel....
(1863–1921) who succeeded him, and - Charlotte (1864–1944); who married the duke of Estrées, Charles Marie François de La Rochefoucauld (1863–1907).