Catherine de Montsalvy

Trémoille, Catherine de la, 1390 - 1474 read more in Who is Who..
Catherine de la Trémoille was after Arnaud de Montsalvy. But he had no liking for the lovely red-head. When Gilles de Rais betrayed his brother-in-arms Arnaud de Montsalvy, he was held prisoner at the château Sully-sur-Seine. He refused to become her lover - whereas she had him tortured and put into an "oubliette". Catherine de Montsalvy was able to get her revenge on the Comtesse at château Chinon, the night the conspirators attacked Georges de la Trémoille.

Léna Grinda played Catherine de la Trémoille in the TV-Adaption Catherine Il suffit d'un amour

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Catherine de L'Isle Bouchard, dame de L'Isle Bouchard, Rochefort sur Loire, Doué, Gençay, Selles - widow of a great Burgundian lord, Hughes de Châlon and of Pierre de Giac, then the favourite of Charles VII. Pierre de Giac had murdered his first wife, Jeanne de Naillac so he could marry Catherine de Châlon. De la Trémoille, who had also been after the wealthy widow, did not rest until Pierre de Giac had been convicted of high treason. He was arrested one night by the order of Queen Yolande. He was tried, convicted, sewn up in a leather sack and thrown into the Auron. Three weeks later, Catherine de Giac married Georges de la Trémoille.

Trémoille, Georges de la,1382 - 1446 read more on Who is Who..
Catherine had already met de la Trémoille in Burgundy, at Duke Philippe's court. When Queen Yolande sent brother Etienne, she agreed to support her for the downfall of the Grand Chamberlain. It had been in his castle château Sully-sur-Seine, Arnaud had caught a disease, everyone thought was leprosy. Catherine de Montsalvy insisted that she be there, the night they attacked La Trémoille in his chamber at the château Chinon!

Michel Peyrelon played Georges de la Trémoille n the TV-Adaption Catherine Il suffit d'un amour

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was count of de Guînes from 1398 to 1446 and Grand Chamberlain of France to King Charles VII of France. La Trémoille was a political opponent of Joan of Arc and Arthur de Richemont within the French court.
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.

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