Louis Antoine de Noailles
Roman Catholic Church | |
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Archdiocese | Paris |
See | Notre-Dame de Paris |
Installed | 19 September 1695 |
Term ended | 4 May 1729 |
Predecessor | François de Harlay de Champvallon |
Successor | Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc |
Other post(s) | Bishop of Cahors Bishop of Châlons |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 4 May 1729 Paris, France | (aged 77)
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | College of Sorbonne, Paris |
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Louis Antoine de Noailles, Cardinal de Noailles (27 May 1651 – 4 May 1729), second son of
Biography
Louis-Antoine de Noailles was born at the Château of Teyssiére in Auvergne, France, on 27 May 1651 to Anne, 1st duc de Noailles and captain- general of Roussillon, and his wife, Louise Boyer, a former lady-in-waiting to Queen Anne of Austria.[1]
Noailles received his
According to Antoine Degert, writing in the Catholic Encyclopedia, although Noailles was not brilliant, "he was possessed of piety, zeal, and activity."
Noailles was a friend of
Noailles came to know the controversial young Lutheran
Noailles acted as a staunch moralist when at the end of March 1719 he firmly stood behind the curé of
Noailles had a complex relationship with the
was also controversial; he opposed it, despite papal disapproval, up to 1728 but then abruptly reversed himself shortly before his death.He was succeeded as archbishop of Paris and Duke of Saint-Cloud by Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc.
References
- ^ a b c Dégert, Antoine. "Louis-Antoine de Noailles." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 3 June 2017
- ^ Hamilton, J. Taylor; Kenneth G. Hamilton (1967). The History of the Moravian Church. Bethlehem, PA: Moravian Church in America. pp. 20–27.
- ^ http://rouvroy.medusis.com/docs/1709.html This scandalous confinement wasn't Berry's first incartade. A widow since 1714, the Regent's daughter accumulated lovers and her repeated pregnancies which scandalized the Court were widely gossiped about, oftentimes being attributed to her alleged incestuous affair with the Regent
Sources
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Louis-Antoine de Noailles". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.