Louis II de La Trémoille (25 December 1612 – 12 October 1666), Marquess, then Duke of Noirmoutier, was a French aristocrat often simply referred to as "Noirmoutier". A General and Maréchal de camp who fought at the Battle of Lens and in The Fronde, following which he served as Governor of Mount Olympus in Charleville-Mézières.
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Early life
Noirmoutier was born on 25 December 1612. He was the son of Louis I de La Trémoille, Marquess of Noirmoutier and Lucrèce Bouhier de Beaumarchais. From his mother's second marriage to Marshal Nicolas de L'Hôpital, Duke of Vitry, he was the half-brother of François-Marie de L'Hospital, Duke of Vitry, who became the Ambassador to Bavaria.
A member of the cadet branch of the La Trémoille family which held the exalted rank of prince étranger in France, his paternal grandfather was François II de La Trémoïlle (a son of Claude de La Trémoïlle-Noirmoutier). The marquessate was created in 1584. His maternal grandfather was Vincent Bouhier, Lord of Beaumarchais and Baron of Plessis-aux-Tournelles. Through his maternal aunt, Marie Bouhier de Beaumarchais (wife of Charles de La Vieuville), he was a first cousin of Charles II de La Vieuville, 2nd Duke of La Vieuville.