Anne Louise Marie de Beauvau

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Anne Louise Marie de Beauvau[1]
Princess of Poix
Full name
Anne Louise Marie de Beauvau
Born1 April 1750
Lunéville, Lorraine
Died20 November 1834 (aged 84)
Spouse(s)Philippe Louis de Noailles, Prince of Poix (9 September 1767)
IssueCharles Arthur, 3rd Duke of Mouchy
Just, 4th Duke of Mouchy
FatherCharles Juste de Beauvau, 2nd Prince of Craon
MotherMarie Charlotte de La Tour d'Auvergne

Anne Louise Marie de Beauvau

Lally-Tollendal, the Abbé de Montesquiou, the Marquis de La Fayette, the Dukes of Luynes
and Liancourt as well as for Mesdames d'Hénin, de Tessé, de Lauzun, de Simiane and Ossun.

Background

Born in

Geneviève de Gramont, later Countess of Ossun. Devastated by her mother's death in 1763 her grief was worsened by her father quickly marrying his mistress Marie Charlotte Sylvie de Rohan-Chabot
the following year.

Marriage

On 9 September 1767 she married

Anne d'Arpajon. Four years after her marriage and aged 21, she gave birth to Charles. In 1777 she gave birth to her second child Just, but the pregnancy did not go as well as the first. She fell ill and her disability worsened and she lost the complete use of one of her legs. As a result she threw herself into society, preferring to cultivate herself even more and gather her friends with her. She espoused new ideas and showed herself to be a fervent admirer of La Fayette and Necker
.

Children

  1. Charles Arthur de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Mouchy (14 February 1771 2 February 1834) married Nathalie de Laborde.
  2. Just de Noailles, 4th Duke of Mouchy (22 August 1777 – 1 August 1846) married Mélanie de Talleyrand-Périgord.

French Revolution

Though she and her husband embraced new liberal idea, their proximity to the royal family caused them to kreep their views quiet. Despite their silence, the Prince's correspondence with King Louis XVI was intercepted and he along with his wife, were arrested. Due to her physical disability, she was allowed to fremain in Paris under house arrest accompanied by her youngest son. Her husband fled to England while she remained living in Paris.

After 18 Brumaire, the prince returned to France and the princess recovered part of her personal fortune before In 1803, then aged 84, the princess very advantageously married her second son Just to Mélanie de Talleyrand-Périgord, niece of Talleyrand.

First French Empire

The Poix lived quietly during the period of the Empire and the prince remained outside of all political activity. Just was named Chamberlain in 1806 thanks to Talleyrand, whose niece he had married, Dame du Palais to the Empress.

The Restoration was welcomed as a deliverance after the sad last years of the Empire and the losses it caused (death of the Viscount of Noailles etc.) On the return of the Bourbons, the prince was appointed lieutenant general and resumed his duties as captain of the

Lieutenant-General
of the kingdom.

Titles

  • 1 April 1750 - 9 September 1767 Mademoiselle de Beauvau[7]
  • 9 September 1767 - 17 February 1819 The Princess of Poix.
  • 17 February 1819 - 20 November 1834 The Dowager Princess of Poix.

References and notes

  1. ^ Georges Martin, Histoire et généalogie de la Maison de Beauvau, 2012, Lyon, l'auteur, p. 84 -104
  2. ^ Georges Martin, Histoire et généalogie de la Maison de Beauvau, 2012, Lyon, l'auteur, p. 84 -104
  3. ^ Georges Martin, Histoire et généalogie de la Maison de Noailles, Lyon, l'auteur, 1993, 246 p., p. 154
  4. ^ father of AQueen Marie, consort of King Louis XV
  5. ^ Zieliński, Ryszard (1978). Polka na francuskim tronie. Czytelnik.
  6. ^ Liévin Proyart, Histoire de Stanislas premier, roi de Pologne, duc de Lorraine et de Bar. - Lyon : Bruyset-Ponthus, 1784. - 477 p. (tome 1) et 413 p. (tome 2)
  7. ^ Léontine de Noailles, Vie de la princesse de Poix, née Beauvau. Ire partie 1750-1809. IIe partie 1809-1833, Paris, Lahure, 1855, 113 pp 113
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