 Louis II de La Trémoille. Louis II de la Trémoille or La Trimouille (1460 – 1525), was a medieval French general. He served under three kings: Charles VIII, Louis XII, and Francis I. Events The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone. ...
Events January 21 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement was born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptized each other in the home of Manzs mother on Neustadt-Gasse, Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. ...
Charles VIII the Affable (French: Charles VIII lAffable) (June 30, 1470 – April 7, 1498) was King of France from 1483 to his death. ...
Louis XII the Father of the People (French: Louis XII le Père du Peuple) (June 27, 1462 – January 1, 1515) was King of France 1498 – January 1, 1515. ...
Francis I (François Ier in French) (September 12, 1494 – July 31, 1547), called the Father and Restorer of Letters (le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres), was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547. ...
Titles During the course of his career, he earned the titles Vicomte de Thouars, Prince de Talmond, Comte de Guines 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. A title is a prefix or suffix added to a persons name to signify either veneration, an official position or a professional or academic qualification. ...
Biography He was born in Thouars to a prominent noble family of Poitou. Thouars is a commune of France, situated in the département of Deux-Sèvres in the region of Poitou-Charentes. ...
Coat of arms of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, Plantagenet claimant to the county of Poitou, now favored as the coat of arms of Poitou by people in Poitou Poitou is a province of France. ...
He commanded an army that attempted to secure Brittany for the French crown after the death in 1488 of Francis II, Duke of Brittany, ending the so-called "Mad War" (La Guerre Folle) through his victory at Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier on July 27, 1488. Traditional coat of arms This article is about the historical kingdom, duchy and French province, as well as one of the Celtic Nations . ...
// Events February 3 - Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, at the tip of Africa becoming the first known European to travel this far south. ...
Francis II (in French François II) (June 23, 1433 – September 9, 1488), was duke of Brittany, from 1458 to his death. ...
Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier (Breton: Sant-Albin-an-Hiliber) is a commune of the Ille-et-Vilaine département, in Brittany, France. ...
July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ...
// Events February 3 - Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, at the tip of Africa becoming the first known European to travel this far south. ...
He won victories in the Italian Wars, notably at the Battle of Fornovo (1495) and the Battle of Agnadel (1509). He suffered a severe defeat at the Battle of Novara, in which his 10,000-strong army was ambushed by 13,000 Swiss mercenaries. The Battle of Fornovo took place in July 1495 during the Italian Wars. ...
1495 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1509 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Battle of Novara was a battle of the Italian Wars fought on June 6, 1513, next to Novara, in Northen Italy. ...
He later went on to secure a French victory at the Battle of Marignano (1515), but he perished at the Battle of Pavia (1525), where he died of a wound inflicted by an arquebus. His death occurred during the climax of the battle when the French were surprised by 1500 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, shot through the heart. The Battle of Marignano, in the phase of the Italian Wars (1494–1559) that is called the War of the League of Cambrai, was a victory for French forces that took place on 13 and 14 September 1515, at a location, today called Melegnano, 16 km south east of Milan. ...
1515 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Combatants France Spain, Holy Roman Empire Commanders François I, Louis de la Trémoille Fernando de Avalos Strength 17,000 infantry 6,500 cavalry 53 guns 19,000 infantry 4,000 cavalry 17 guns Casualties 12,000 dead or wounded 500 dead or wounded In 1525 during the Battle...
Events January 21 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement was born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptized each other in the home of Manzs mother on Neustadt-Gasse, Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. ...
Japanese arquebus of the Edo era (teppo) The Arquebus (sometimes spelled harquebus or hackbut) was a primitive firearm used in the 15th to 17th centuries. ...
Francis I (François Ier in French) (September 12, 1494 – July 31, 1547), called the Father and Restorer of Letters (le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres), was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547. ...
Memory Rue de La Trémoille, in the VIIIe arrondissement of Paris, is named after him. The 8e arrondissement is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. ...
The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city For other uses, see Paris (disambiguation). ...
See also La Trémoille, an old French family which derives its name from a village (the modern La Trimouille) in the département of Vienne. ...
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