Members of the House of La Trémoille, were part of an old French family which derives its name from a village (the modern La Trimouille) in the department of Vienne.
The family has been known since the middle of the 11th century, and since the 14th century its members have been conspicuous in French history. To this family belonged the lines of the counts of Joigny, the marquises of Royan and counts of Olonne, and the marquises and dukes of Noirmoutier.
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