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Charles Belgique Hollande de La Trémoïlle, 5th Duke of Thouars (May 1655 – 1 June 1709), 5th Duke of Thouars, was a French nobleman.
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Charles Belgique Hollande de La Trémoille | |
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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 | The Hague, United Provinces of the Netherlands (now Kingdom of the Netherlands) | May 1655
Died | 1 June 1709 54) Paris, Place Saint-Sulpice, Kingdom of France (now Fifth French Republic | (aged
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 |
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).
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.
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:
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