Charles-Armand-René de La Trémoille

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Charles-Armand-René de La Trémoille (born January 14, 1708 in Paris ; † May 23, 1741 ibid) was a French high nobility , officer and member of the Académie française .

life and work

Origin and career

Charles-Armand-René de La Trémoille came from the House of La Trémoille and was the grandson of the writer Madame de La Fayette . From his father he inherited the titles of Duke of Thouars and Pair de France , President of Brittany and in 1719 the first Chamberlain of the King. From childhood he was with King Louis XV, who was two years his junior . grew up. In 1728 he became colonel of an infantry regiment, and 1731–1741 of the renowned Régiment de Champagne . He fought valiantly in northern Italy. In 1741 he became governor of the Ile-de-France region.

Académie française and early death

La Trémoille composed madrigals and ballet verses and supported the destitute poet Pierre-Charles Roy . In 1738, at the age of 30, he was accepted into the Académie française (seat No. 9) and welcomed by the 89-year-old Saint-Aulaire .

In 1725 he married his four-year-old cousin Marie-Hortense-Victoire de la Tour de Bouillon, who led him on the path of a more serious life. When she fell ill with smallpox in 1741 , he cared for her devotedly, contracted it and died at the age of 32, while his wife survived (until 1788).

literature

  • Jean Le Rond d'Alembert : Eloge de La Trémouille . In: The same: Oeuvres philosophiques, historiques et littéraires . Vol. 9. Paris 1805, pp. 365-370.
  • Louis Sandret: Un grand Seigneur Académicien . In: Revue historique nobiliaire 1875, pp. 385–405. (including academy speeches from 1738, digitized on Gallica)
  • Louis de La Trémoïlle (1838–1911): Les La Trémoille pendant cinq siècles . Tome cinquième. Charles-Louis-Bretagne, Charles-Armand-René, Jean-Bretagne, Charles-Godefroy et Charles-Bretagne-Marie-Joseph de La Trémoille 1685–1839. Émile Grimaud, Nantes 1896, pp. 43–95. (Collection of documents with a focus on financial history)

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personal data
SURNAME La Trémoille, Charles-Armand-René de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES La Trémoïlle, Charles-Armand-René de; La Trémouille, Charles-Armand-René de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French nobleman, officer and member of the Académie française
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1708
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 1741
Place of death Paris