Louis Charles Marie de La Trémoille, 10th Duke of Thouars

Louis Charles Marie de La Trémoille
10th Duke of Thouars (more...^[broken anchor])
10th Duke of Thouars
period	4 July 1911 – 17 June 1921
Predecessor	Louis Charles de La Trémoille
Successor	Louis Jean Marie de La Trémoille
Born	(1863-03-28)28 March 1863 Paris, Empire of France (now French Fifth Republic)
Died	17 June 1921(1921-06-17) (aged 58) Paris
Noble family	La Trémoille
Spouse(s)	Hélène Marie Léonie Pillet-Will (m. 1892–1921; his death)
Issue	Charlotte, 12th Duchess of Thouars Marguerite, Duchess of Blacas Hélène, Duchess of La Roche-Guyon Antoinette, Duchess of Ursel Louis Jean Marie de La Trémoille, 11th Duke of Thouars
Father	Louis Charles de La Trémoille, 9th Duke of Thouars
Mother	Marguerite Jeanne Tanneguy-Duchâtel

Louis Charles Marie de La Trémoille, 10th Duke of Thouars (28 March 1863 – 17 June 1921), 10th Duke of Thouars, 16th Count of Laval was a French nobleman.

Early life

Trémoille was born on 28 March 1863 in Paris, Empire of France. He was the son of Louis Charles de La Trémoille and his wife Marguerite Églé Jeanne Caroline Duchâtel (daughter of Count Charles Marie Tanneguy Duchâtel and his wife Rosalie (née "Eglé") Paulée).[1]

Career

La Trémoille was a deputy for Gironde from 1906 to 1919, and mayor of Margaux from 1904 to 1919. He was a member of the democratic left.[2]

Personal life

On 1 February 1892, he married Hélène Marie Léonie Pillet-Will (1875–1964), the daughter of Count Frédéric Pillet-Will and his wife, Jeanne Marie Clotilde Briatte. Together, they had five children:[1]

• Princess Charlotte (1892–1971), who married Prince Henri Florent Lamoral of Ligne.[2]
• Princess Marguerite (1894–1939), who married the Duke of Blacas, Stanislas de Blacas d'Aulps (1885–1941)[2]
• Princess Hélène (1899–1972), who married Gilbert de La Rochefoucauld, Duke of La Roche-Guyon (1889–1964)[2]
• Princess Antoinette (1904–1996), who married Belgian film director and writer Henri, 8th Duke d'Ursel.[2]
• Prince Louis Jean Marie (1910–1933),[3] his successor.[2]

Louis died on 17 June 1921 in Paris.[2] As his son Louis was killed in a fire at the estate of L. Hamilton McCormick in Whitchurch, Hampshire in 1933,[3][4] his daughter Charlotte then inherited his titles, however, this has been disputed.[5]

Descendants

Through his daughter Princess Charlotte, he was a grandfather of Prince Jean Charles Lamoral of Ligne-La Trémoïlle (himself the father of Princess Hedwige de Ligne, who married the Prince of Mérode and were parents of Prince Emmanuel de Merode; and Prince Charles-Antoine Lamoral of Ligne-La Trémoïlle).[2]

Through his daughter Princess Antoinette, he was a grandfather of Antonin, 9th Duke d'Ursel.[2]

References

1. The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who", of the Sovereigns, Princes and Nobles of Europe. Harrison & Sons. 1914. p. 896. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
2. Morris, Susan (20 April 2020). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019. eBook Partnership. p. 1989. ISBN 978-1-9997670-5-1. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
3. Associated Press (10 December 1933). "DUKE AND OFFICER DIE IN ENGLISH FIRE; Last of Old French Line of La Tremoille Perishes as Home of L.J. McCormick Burns. LEAP IS FATAL TO BRITON Capt. Rodney Was Aiding Wife Seattle Girl, Who Is Hurt -- Hosts Give Alarm in Night. FRENCH DUKE DIES IN ENGLISH BLAZE". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
4. "Duke Last of Direct Male Line". New York Times. 10 December 1933.
5. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Furstlicher Hauser Bande XIV, C.A. Starke Verlag, Ligne, Limburg, 1991, pp. 498-499. German.

Louis Charles Marie de La Trémoille La Trémoille family Born: 28 March 1863 Died: 17 June 1921
French nobility
Preceded by Louis Charles de La Trémoille	Duke of Thouars, et cetera 4 July 1911 – 17 June 1921	Succeeded by Louis Jean Marie de La Trémoille
Political offices
Vacant	Mayor of Margaux 1904–1919	Vacant
Vacant	Deputy of Gironde 6 May 1906 – 7 December 1919	Vacant