| Jean Bretagne Charles de La Trémoille | |||||
| Full Name: | Jean Bretagne Charles Godefroy de La Trémoille | ||||
| 8th Duke of Thouars (more...) | |||||
| Succession: | 8th Duke of Thouars | ||||
| Reign: | 23 May 1741 - 19 May 1792 | ||||
| Reign-Type: | period | ||||
| Predecessor: | Charles Armand René de La Trémoille | ||||
| Successor: | Charles Bretagne Marie de La Trémoille | ||||
| Spouse: | 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 | ||||
| Noble Family: | La Trémoille | ||||
| Father: | Charles Armand René de La Trémoille, 6th Duke of Thouars | ||||
| Mother: | Marie Hortense de La Tour d'Auvergne | ||||
| Birth Date: | 5 February 1737 | ||||
| Birth Place: | Paris, Kingdom of France (now French Fifth Republic) | ||||
| Death Place: | Chambéry | ||||
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| Religion: | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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.
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.
His intervention enabled Michel du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette to marry Marie-Julie de la Riviere, who came from a wealthier and more distinguished family, in 1754.[1]
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.
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: