Jean Bretagne Charles de La Trémoille


Prince Jean-Bretagne-Charles de La Trémoille, 7th 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 of Bouillon.

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, 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 the daughter of Prince Philip Joseph I, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg and Princess Maria Theresa van Hornes.
From his second marriage, the La Trémoille had four sons: