Louis Charles de La Trémoille
Prince Louis Charles de La Trémoille, 9th Duke of Thouars, 8th Duke of La Trémoïlle, 11th prince de Tarente, 15th prince de Talmond and 15th Count of Laval was a French aristocrat and the son of Charles Bretagne Marie de La Trémoille and his third wife, Valentine Eugénie Joséphine Walsh de Serrant.
Louis Charles was also an archivist, bibliophile and also collector.Life
La Trémoille was born in his father's seventy-fifth year, and acceded to his titles just one year later.
He became a historian and in 1889 was inducted as a member of the Academy of Inscriptions and Beautiful Letters. He devoted much study to his family archives, held at the Château de Serrant and also granted access of them to researchers, in particular Paul Marchegay and the historian Hugues Imbert.
On 23 August 23, 1886, accompanied by his friend Henry Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquis of Breteuil, Louis Charles escorted Prince Philippe d’Orléans, Duke of Orléans and various other Orléans Princes who were subject to The Law of Exile from the Palace of Eu to Le Tréport where they were to embark to England.Marriage
On 2 July 1862 he married Marguerite-Jeanne Tanneguy-Duchâtel, daughter of count Charles Marie Tanneguy Duchâtel, former minister to King Louis-Philippe of France and of his wife Rosalie ; They had two children:
