Jean Bretagne Charles de La Trémoille

Jean Bretagne Charles de La Trémoille
8th Duke of Thouars (more...)
8th Duke of Thouars
period	23 May 1741 - 19 May 1792
Predecessor	Charles Armand René de La Trémoille
Successor	Charles Bretagne Marie de La Trémoille
Full name	Jean Bretagne Charles Godefroy de La Trémoille
Born	(1737-02-05)5 February 1737 Paris, Kingdom of France (now French Fifth Republic)
Died	19 May 1792(1792-05-19) (aged 55) Chambéry
Noble family	La Trémoille
Spouse(s)	Marie Genevieve de Durfort (m. 1751 - 1762; her death) Princess Marie Maximiliane of Salm-Kyrburg (m. 1763 - 1790; her death)
Issue	Charles Bretagne Marie de La Trémoille, 8th Duke of Thouars Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille Charles Godefroy de La Trémoille Louis Stanislas de La Trémoille
Father	Charles Armand René de La Trémoille, 6th Duke of Thouars
Mother	Marie Hortense de La Tour d'Auvergne
Military career
Allegiance	Kingdom of France
Service/branch	French Royal Army
Commands held	Regiment of the Aquitaine Cavalry
Battles/wars	Seven Years' War Battle of Krefeld

Jean Bretagne Charles de La Trémoille, 8th Duke of Thouars (Jean Bretagne Charles Godefroy; 5 February 1737 – 19 May 1792), 8th Duke of Thouars, was a French soldier and the son of Charles Armand René de La Trémoille and his wife, Marie Hortense de La Tour d'Auvergne.

Life

La Trémoille began his military career in the Seven Years' War as the head of the regiment of Aquitaine-Cavalry. He was seriously wounded and afterwards promoted to the rank of sergeant, and later of brigadier, of the armies of the king.

During the French Revolution, La Trémoille remained faithful to King Louis XVI. He emigrated in 1789, but two of his sons died in the Reign of Terror.

Marriage

La Trémoille married Marie-Genevieve de Durfort (1735-1762), the daughter of Guy-Michel de Durfort, Duc of Lorges and Randan, Marshal of France, and Élisabeth Philippine of Poitiers de Rye, Countess of Neufchatel, on 18 February 1751. They did not have children. On 27 June 1763 he married again to Marie-Maximilienne, princess of Salm-Kyrburg (1744-1790) the daughter of Prince Philip Joseph I, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg and Princess Maria Theresia of Hornes.

From his second marriage, the La Trémoille had four sons:

1. Charles Bretagne Marie de La Trémoille, born 24 March 1764, died 10 November 1839.
2. Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille, Prince of Talmont (27 September 1765 and guillotined on 29 January 1794)
3. Charles Godefroy de La Trémoille, canon (27 September 1765 - 15 June 1794)
4. Louis Stanislas de La Trémoille, Prince of Trémoille (12 June 1767 - August 1837) He married Genevieve de Maulévrier-Langeron (died in 1829), and later married Augusta Murray.