Duke of Noailles

Dukedom of Noailles
Dukedom of Noailles
	Hélie de Noailles

The title of Duke of Noailles was a

Anne de Noailles, Count of Ayen

.

History

Noailles is the name of a prominent French noble family, derived from the castle of Noailles in the territory of

Turenne in Limousin, and claiming to date back to the 11th century. The family did not obtain fame until the 16th century, when its head, Antoine de Noailles (1504–1562), became admiral of France and was ambassador in England during three important years (1553–1556), maintaining a gallant but unsuccessful rivalry with the Spanish ambassador, Simon Renard. Henri de Noailles (1554–1623), son of Antoine, was a commander in the religious wars and was made comte d'Ayen by Henry IV of France in 1593.^[1]

peer of France.^[2]

The sons of the first duke raised the family to its greatest fame. The eldest son,

peer of France in his own right, holding these high dignities until his death; he was made a cardinal in 1699.^[3]

The name of Noailles continued to be prominent throughout the 18th century.

Madame de Maintenon, and two of his sons also attained the rank of Marshal of France.^[3]

The elder son of Adrien Maurice,

Philippe (1715–1794), comte de Noailles, afterwards Duke of Mouchy, was a more distinguished soldier than his brother.^[3]

peer of France.^[3]

He had no son, and was succeeded as Duke of Noailles by his grand-nephew,

Paul (1802–1885), who won some reputation as an author and who became a member of the French Academy in the place of Chateaubriand in 1849. The grandfather of Paul de Noailles, and brother of the fifth duke, Emmanuel Marie Louis (1743–1822), marquis de Noailles, was ambassador at Amsterdam from 1770–1776, at London from 1776–1783, and at Vienna from 1783–1792.^[3]

Dukes of Noailles (1663)

No.	From	To	Duke of Noailles	Notes
1	1663	1678	Anne	Also Count of Ayen
2	1678	1708	Anne Jules	Also Marshal of France
3	1708	1766	Adrian Maurice	Also Marshal of France; married Madame de Maintenon .
4	1766	1793	Louis	Also Marshal of France
5	1793	1824	John Louis
6	1824	1885	Paul
7	1885	1895	Jules Charles
8	1895	1953	Adrian Maurice
9	1953	2009	Francis Agenor
10	2009	present	Hélie Marie Auguste Jacques Bertrand Philippe

Other notable family members

Antoine, 1st comte de Noailles (1504–1562), admiral of France

Henri de Noailles (1554–1623)
archbishop of Paris
Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy (1715–1794), Marshal of France, younger brother of Louis, 4th duc de Noailles and father of Louis-Marie, vicomte de Noailles and Philippe-Louis-Marc-Antoine de Noailles, 1st Duke of Mouchy

Emmanuel-Marie-Louis, marquis de Noailles

(1743–1822)

Philippe-Louis-Marc-Antoine de Noailles, 1st duc de Mouchy

(1752–1819)

Louis-Marie, vicomte de Noailles

(1756–1804), soldier and politician

Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette

Emmanuel-Henri-Victurnien, marquis de Noailles

(1830–1909), diplomat

7th Duke of Noailles

.

10th Prince of Poix, and his wife Marie-Laure de Noailles
(born Marie-Laure Henriette Anne Bischoffsheim; 1902–1970), patrons of the arts.

Notes

^ Chisholm 1911, p. 722.
^ Chisholm 1911, pp. 722–723.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Chisholm 1911, p. 723.

References

Attribution:

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Noailles". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 722–723.