Georges de La Trémoille

[1] Georges de la Trémoille (c. 1382 –6 May 1446) was Count de Guînes from 1398 to 1446 and Grand Chamberlain of France to King Charles VII of France. He sought reconciliation between Philip, Duke of Burgundy and Charles VII during their estrangement in the latter part of the Hundred Years' War. De la Trémoille was a political opponent of Arthur de Richemont within the French court. Most historians take a poor view of his career, assessing that he placed personal advancement before the public interest, though the traditional historical interpretation of the Grand Chamberlain as Jeanne d'Arc's opponent has been revised.[2][3][4]

Escutcheon of the Trémoille family

La Trémoille was captured at Agincourt in 1415. He regained his freedom shortly afterward and dedicated the rest of his career to court life and diplomacy. He made an advantageous marriage to Joan II of Auvergne (1378 –1424), Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne (1404 –1424). De la Trémoille served the Burgundian court for several years, then joined the Armagnac court of Charles VII.

La Trémoille became a royal favourite in 1427. He gained the title of Grand Chamberlain and was instrumental in Constable de Richemont's expulsion from the court that same year. Following Joan of Arc's successful campaign to Rheims for the coronation of Charles VII, la Trémoille delayed a march on Paris with fruitless peace negotiations. He may have been responsible for the lack of royal support that doomed her military actions thereafter. The historical consensus is that personal jealousies led him to undermine France's two best military commanders during a low point in the war. In September 1432 he paid for Rodrigo de Villandrando and his routiers to hold Les Ponts-de-Cé against the assaults of Jean de Bueil. That year de Richemont returned to court and imprisoned la Trémoille the following year. Charles VII did not intervene.

Georges de La Trémoille
Born	c, 1382
Died	6 May 1446
Title	Grand chambellan de France
Spouse(s)	Catherine de L'Isle-Bouchard Jeanne II of Auvergne Mistress: Marie Guypaude
Parents	Gui VI of La Trémoille (father) Marie de Sully (mother)
Family	La Trémoille

His daughter Louise de la Trémoille (1432 –10 April 1474), Dame de Boussac, married Bertrand VI of Auvergne and had two children:

• Anne de la Tour d'Auvergne, second wife of Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany
• John III, Count of Auvergne

He also had descents by his two mistresses; by Marie Guypaude, a daughter Marguerite (x Jean Salazar and a son Jean the "bastard of La Tremoïlle", (legitimated and ennobled in 1445), a large number of descendants); and by Marie La Championne, Jacques, the other "bastard of La Tremoïlle", legitimized in 1466.[5]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Georges de La Trémoille[6][7]

16. 8. 17. 4. TREMOUILLE (de) la, Guy V 18. 9. 19. 2. Gui VI of La Trémoille 20. 10. 21. 5. GUENAND, Radegonde 22. 11. 23. 1. Georges de La Trémoille 48. SULLY (de), Henri III 24. Henri IV de Sully 49. BEAUMES (of), Marguerite 12. SULLY (of), John II 100. Bouchard V from Vendôme 50. Jean V from Vendôme 101. Marie de Roye 25. VENDÖME (of), Jeanne 102. Philip of Montfort, Lord of Castres 51. MONTFORT (of), Eleonore 103. Jeanne de Lévis-Mirepoix 6. SULLY (de), Louis I 104. Louis IX of France 52.Robert, Count of Clermont 105. Margaret of Provence 26. Louis I, Duke of Bourbon 106. John of Burgundy (1231–68) 53. Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon 107. Agnes of Dampierre 13. BOURBON (de), Marguerite 108. John I, Count of Hainaut 54. John II, Count of Holland 109. Adelaide of Holland 27. Mary of Avesnes 110. Henry V, Count of Luxembourg 55. Philippa of Luxembourg 111. Margaret of Bar 3. Marie de Sully 112. Maurice V de Craon 56. Maurice VI de Craon 113. Isabella of Lusignan 28. Amaury III de Craon Amaury III de Craon 114. 57. Mathilde Marie Berthout 115. 14. CRAON (de), Maurice 58. 29. Isabelle de Sainte-Maure 118. 59. 119. 7. Isabeau de Craon 30. Dreux de Mello IV 15. MELLO (of), Marguerite 124. Thomas, Count of Flanders 62. Amadeus V, Count of Savoy 125. Beatrice Fieschi 31. Eléonore de Savoie 126. Guy I Damas de Baugé 63. Sybille of Bâgé 127. Dauphine de Lavieu

References

1. "Mccccxxvi". Corpus.enc.sorbonne.fr. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
2. (in French) Philippe Contamine, "Un acteur du sacre de Charles VII: Georges de La Trémoille", Travaux de l'Académie Nationale de Reims, vol. 171, 1996, pp. 209-210.
3. (in French) Philippe Contamine, "Yolande d'Aragon et Jeanne d'Arc: l'improbable rencontre de deux parcours politiques", in Éric Bousmar, Jonathan Dumont, Alain Marchandisse and Bertrand Schnerb (dir.), Femmes de pouvoir, femmes politiques durant les derniers siècles du Moyen Âge et au cours de la première Renaissance, Bruxelles: De Boeck, p.29.
4. (in French) Olivier Bouzy, Jeanne d'Arc en son siècle, Paris: Fayard, 2013, ISBN 978-2-213-67205-2, pp. 196-197.
5. "Mccccxxvi". Corpus.enc.sorbonne.fr. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
6. Bibliography / Bibliography: History of the royal house of France (Father Anselme); Treaty of genealogy (René Jetté)
7. Bibliography: Genealogical Dictionary of Acadian Families (White); Memoirs (Société généalogique canadienne-française); Treaty of genealogy (René Jetté)