Louis Marie de Noailles
Louis Marie de Noailles,
Career
He served under his brother-in-law the Marquis de Lafayette in America during the American War for Independence, and was the officer who concluded the capitulation of Yorktown in 1781.[1]
He was elected to the
As the French Revolution progressed and became more dangerous for nobles, he emigrated to the United States and became a partner in William Bingham's Bank of North America in Philadelphia. He was successful in the United States. He accepted a command against the English in San Domingo, under Rochambeau. He commanded a defence of the Môle-Saint-Nicolas and escaped with the garrison to Cuba, but en route there his ship was attacked by a British schooner. After a long engagement, he was severely wounded, and died of his wounds in Havana on 9 January 1804.[1]
Louis Marie Antoine de Noailles was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati from France.
Personal life
He married his cousin Anne Jeanne Baptiste de Noailles (1758–1794), daughter of
- Adrienne Theodore Philippine de Noailles (1778–1781), who died young.[2]
- Louis Joseph Alexis de Noailles, Count of Noailles(1783–1835), who married Cécile de Boisgelin (1797-1836), the only child of Marquis Bruno-Gabriel de Boisgelin and Cécile d'Harcourt-Beuvron.[2]
- Alfred Louis Dominique Vincent de Paul de Noailles, Viscount of Noailles (1784–1812) married Rosalie Charlotte Antoinette Léontine de Noailles (1797–1851), daughter of Charles Arthur Tristan Languedoc de Noailles.[2]
- Euphemia Cécile Marie Adelaide de Noailles (1790–1870), who married Olivier de Saint-Georges de Vérac, Marquis of Vérac (1768–1858), in 1811.[2]
Noailles died in Havana on 9 January 1804.[1]
Descendants
Through his son Alfred, Viscount de Noailles, he was a grandfather of Anne Marie Cécile de Noailles (1812–1848), who married Charles Philippe Henri de Noailles.[2]
Through his daughter Euphemia, he was a grandfather of Marthe Augustine de Saint-Georges de Vérac, who married
References
- ^ a b c d e public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Noailles s.v. Louis Marie". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 723. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ a b c d e f Annuaire de la noblesse de France et des maisons souveraines de l'Europe (in French). Bureau de la publication. 1870. p. 314. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ Touraine, Société archéologique de (1890). Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Touraine: Série in-80 (in French). Société archéologique de Touraine. p. 490. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
External links
Further reading
- François Furstenberg, When the United States Spoke French: Five Refugees Who Shaped a Nation. New York: Penguin, 2014.