Antoine-Philippe de La Trémoille
| Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille | |
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| Nickname(s) | Talmont |
| Born | 27 September 1765 Paris |
| Died | 27 January 1794 (aged 28) Laval |
| Allegiance |
Kingdom of France Véndéens |
| Rank | General |
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| Relations |
 La Trémoille
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Antoine Philippe de La Trémoïlle, Prince of Talmont (27 September 1765 in Paris - 27 January 1794 in Laval) was a French noble and royalist notable for his military involvement against the French Revolution.
Antoine Philippe de La Trémoïlle was Prince of Talmont and second son of Jean Bretagne Charles de La Trémoille, 8th duc de Thouars, last count of Laval and baron de Vitré et de Marie-Maximilienne-Louise de Salm-Kyrbourg. He resided in the Castle of Laval, and was a commander of the cavalry of catholic and royal armies during the French Revolution.
He married Henriette-Louise-Françoise-Angélique d'Argouges on January 23, 1785.
Until the end of 1791, Antoine Philippe was noticed for his restless character. He joined counterrevolutionary circles (Poitou Confederation) in Poitou in the end of 1791. It was a failure which resulted in an emigration to England to secure the interests of his party. He then went to the Rhine and joined émigrés. The count Marie Pierre Louis de Frotté and him took some service for the Chevaliers-dragons de la couronne. He participated in a first campaign in the princes' army for the Count of Artois (later king Charles X of France). He was sent to France with a new plan of insurrection in the Western provinces.
At the execution of the king, he hoped to start a movement in Paris. He failed, and stayed in the village of Boulogne, close to Paris, with his brother the abbot Charles-Godefroy de La Trémoille. Upon learning about the counterrevolution movement of a part of Brittany and Maine, which preceded that of Vendée, on March 10, he got himself a passport with a fake name, and another with the name of his brother. He went on the travel Normandy, Maine and Anjou to recruit partisans.
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