Charles Belgique Hollande de La Trémoïlle

Charles Belgique Hollande de La Trémoïlle, 5th Duke of Thouars (May 1655 – 1 June 1709), 5th Duke of Thouars, was a French nobleman.

Charles Belgique Hollande de La Trémoille
5th Duke of Thouars (more...)
5th Duke of Thouars
Period	21 January 1674 – 1 June 1709
Predecessor	Prince Henri de La Trémoille
Successor	Charles Louis Bretagne de La Trémoille
Born	(1655-05-00)May 1655 The Hague, United Provinces of the Netherlands (now Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Died	1 June 1709(1709-06-01) (aged 54) Paris, Place Saint-Sulpice, Kingdom of France (now Fifth French Republic
Noble family	La Trémoille
Spouse(s)	Madeleine de Créquy (m. 1675 - 1707; her death)
Issue	Marie Armande, Princess of Turenne Charles Louis Bretagne, 6th Duke of Thouars
Father	Henri Charles de La Trémoille
Mother	Princess Emilie of Hesse-Kassel

Early life

He was the second child and eldest son of Henri Charles de La Trémoille (son and heir of Henri de La Trémoille, 3rd Duke of Thouars and his wife Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne) and his wife Princess Emilie of Hesse-Kassel (daughter of William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and his wife Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg).

Religion

Brought up a Calvinist, in 1668 his father had converted to Catholicism and then forcibly converted his children as well. His mother and eldest sister fled to the Netherlands.

Marriage

On 3 April 1675 he married Madeleine de Créquy (1655-1707), daughter and heiress of Charles de Créquy and his wife Anne Armande de Saint Gelais. The couple had two children:

Children

1. Marie Armande de La Trémoille (1677-1717) who married Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, The Prince of Turenne (later Reigning Duke of Bouillon from 1721); They had Seven children.
2. Charles Louis Bretagne de La Trémoille who succeeded him as The 6th Duke of Thouars as well as other titles in 1709; He married Marie Madeleine Motier and they had one child.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Charles Belgique Hollande de La Trémoïlle

16. Louis III de La Trémoille 8. Claude de La Trémoille 17. Jeanne de Montmorency 4. Henri de La Trémoille 18. William the Silent (= #22, #30) 9. Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau 19. Charlotte of Bourbon (= #23, #31) 2. Henri Charles de La Trémoille 20. François de La Tour d'Auvergne 10. Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon 21. Eleanor de Montmorency 5. Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne 22. William the Silent (= #18, #30) 11. Countess Elisabeth of Nassau 23. Charlotte of Bourbon (= #19, #31) 1. Charles Belgique Hollande de La Trémoille 24. William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 12. Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 25. Sabine of Württemberg 6. William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 26. Count John George of Solms-Laubach 13. Agnes of Solms-Laubach 27. Margaret of Schönburg-Glauchau 3. Émilie of Hesse-Kassel 28. Count Philip Louis I of Hanau-Münzenberg 14. Philip Louis II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg 29. Magdalene of Waldeck-Wildungen 7. Amalie Elisabeth von Hanau-Münzenberg 30. William the Silent (= #18, #22) 15. Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau 31. Charlotte of Bourbon (= #19, #23)