Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Noailles
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Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Noailles (29 September 1678 – 24 June 1766) was a French nobleman and soldier.
Biography
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Son of
duc de Noailles
on his father's death in 1708.
He fought in the
president of the Finance Council from 1715 to 1718. He distinguished himself in the War of the Polish Succession (1733–1738) and was made a marshal of France in 1734,[1]
becoming dean of the marshals in 1748.
He served in the
Alsace-Lorraine the following year, although he missed an opportunity to seriously damage the Austrian army as it was crossing the Rhine
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The duc de Noailles was
Foreign Minister from April to November 1744, and regarded Great Britain as a greater enemy of France than Austria. He later acted in a diplomatic
capacity and had substantial influence over the course of foreign policy.
Married
In 1698, as comte d'Ayen, he married
Philippe, duc de Mouchy, also went on to become marshals of France.[1]
The duc de Noailles was made a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1702, a Grandee of Spain in 1711, and a Knight of the Order of Saint-Esprit in 1724.[citation needed]
Issue
- Françoise Adélaide de Noailles (1 September 1704 – January 1776) married Charles de Lorraine in 1717, son of Louis, Count of Armagnac and had no issue; divorced in 1721;
- Honoré Armand de Villars and had one daughter, Amable Angélique de Villars; Amable Angélique may have been the daughter of le chevalier d'Orléans, whose mistress was Amable Gabrielle;
- Marie Louise de Noailles (8 September 1710 – 22 May 1782), married Jacques Nompar de Caumont, Duke of La Forceand divorced in 1742; had no issue;
- Catherine Françoise Charlotte de Cossé-Brissacand had issue;
- Madame Étiquette and had issue; wife was a Lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoinette; Louis and his wife were executed in the Revolution;
- Marie Anne Françoise de Noailles (12 January 1719 – 29 June 1793), married in 1744 Ludwig Engelbert de La Marck (1701–1773), Count of Schleiden.
References
- ^ a b c Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 723.
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