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Louis II de la Trémoille (29 September 1460 – 24 February 1525), also known as La Trimouille, was a French general. He served under three kings: Charles VIII, Louis XII and Francis I. He was killed in combat at the Battle of Pavia.
Military career
Louis II de La Trémoille in an ancient engraving.
Louis was born in Thouars, the eldest son of Louis I de la Trémoille.[1] He commanded an army that attempted to secure Brittany for the French crown after internal revolts had weakened Francis II, Duke of Brittany during the so-called "Mad War" (La Guerre Folle). By March 1488, Louis had been appointed lieutenant-general of Brittany by Charles VIII.[2] His decisive victory at the Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier on 28 July 1488 ended effective Breton independence.[2]
Louis went on to secure a French victory under the command of Francis I at the Battle of Marignano in 1515,[1] but he perished at the Battle of Pavia on 24 February 1525, where he died of a wound inflicted by an arquebus.[3] His death occurred during the climax of the battle when the French were surprised by 1,500 Spanish arquebusiers. La Trémoille and other high-ranking Frenchmen fought their way towards their king, Francis I, in order to protect him. La Trémoille fell from his horse after being shot through the heart.
Louis II de la Trémoille and Gabrielle de Bourbon.
During the course of his career, Louis earned the titles Vicomte de Thouars, Prince de Talmond, Comte de Guînes et de Bénon, Baron de Sully, de Craon, de Montagu, de Mauléon et de l'Ile-Bouchard, Seigneur des Iles de Ré, de Rochefort et de Marans, and Premier Chambellan du Roi.
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Bongard, David (1995). "Louis II de Trémoille". In Dupuy, Trevor N.; Johnson, Curt; Bongard, David L. (eds.). The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography. Castle Books.
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