Comte de Troisville
French military officer (1598–1672)
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Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Troisville (or Tresville) (1598 – 8 May 1672) was a French officer. He was fictionalised under the name Monsieur de Tréville in Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel The Three Musketeers.
Tréville
Monsieur de Tréville[note 1]
Kingdom of FranceJean-Armand du Peyrer | |
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| Nicknames | Comte de Troisville Tréville Monsieur de Tréville[note 1] |
| Born | 1598 |
| Died | May 8, 1672 (aged 73–74) |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of France |
Branch | French Royal Army |
Service years | 1616 – 1646 |
Rank | Captain |
| Commands | King's Musketeers |
| Known for | Being captain of the Muskeeters |
Conflicts | French Wars of Religion Siege of La Rochelle Thirty Years War |
| Spouse | Anne de Guillon des Essarts |
| Children | Armand Jean Joseph Henry |
| Relations | Armand d'Athos (first cousin) Isaac de Porthau (brother-in-law) Henri d'Aramitz (first cousin) |
| 3rd Captain of the King's Musketeers | |
| In office 1634–1646 | |
| Monarchs | Louis XIII Louis XIV |
| Regent[note 2] | Anne of Austria |
| Chief Minister | Cardinal Richelieu Cardinal Mazarin |
| Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi[note 3] | Antoine de Loménie Henri-Auguste de Loménie Henri de Guénégaud |
| Secretary of State for War[note 3] | Abel Servien François Sublet Michel Le Tellier |
| Preceded by | Jean de Vieilchastel |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished Philippe Jules Mancini (1657) |
Biography
Origins
Du Peyrer was born at Oloron-Sainte-Marie. He was not from aristocratic stock, but of recent nobility. It was his father, Jean du Peyrer, who introduced the name de Trois-villes or Tréville into the family. In 1607 he bought the region of Trois-Villes which effectively brought him nobility, according to the customs of the Basque Country at the time. This purchase also allowed the elder Du Peyrer the right to be considered a gentleman and to sit upon the council of gentlemen in the viscountcy of Soule. He died at Trois-Villes.
