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Louis de Noailles, 4th Duke of Noailles

French peer and Marshal of France (1713–1793)


French peer and Marshal of France (1713–1793)

FieldValue
nameLouis de Noailles
title*Duke of Noailles*
imageLouis de Noailles, Duke of Noailles (1713-793), Marshal of France, (École Française).jpg
birth_date
birth_placeVersailles, France
death_date
death_placeSaint-Germain-en-Laye, France
burial_placePicpus Cemetery, Paris
spouse
issueJean, Duke of Noailles
Adrienne Catherine, Countess of Tessé
Emmanuel Marie Louis, Marqius of Noailles
Philippine Louise de Noailles
noble familyNoailles
fatherAdrien Maurice, Duke of Noailles
motherFrançoise Charlotte d'Aubigné

Adrienne Catherine, Countess of Tessé Emmanuel Marie Louis, Marqius of Noailles Philippine Louise de Noailles Louis de Noailles, 4th Duke of Noailles (21 April 1713 in Versailles22 August 1793 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French peer and Marshal of France.

Early life

He was the son of Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, niece of Madame de Maintenon, and a nephew of Marie Victoire de Noailles, daughter-in-law of Louis XIV of France.

Career

Louis bore the title of Duke of Ayen until his father's death in 1766 when he became Duke of Noailles.

He served in most of the wars of the eighteenth century without particular distinction but was nevertheless made a Marshal of France in 1775. He refused to emigrate during the Revolution, and died from natural causes in August 1793, thus escaping the fate of the guillotine.

The duke's widow, granddaughter, and daughter-in-law were guillotined on 22 July 1794, twenty-five days after his brother and sister, sister-in-law, their daughter-in-law, and niece had met the same fate. Another granddaughter, Adrienne, wife of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, was saved due to the efforts of James Monroe, then America's Minister to France. Adrienne and her husband are buried with the Noailles and the other nobles who fell to the guillotine at Picpus Cemetery.

Personal life

On 25 February 1737, he married Catherine Françoise Charlotte de Cossé-Brissac, with whom he had four children, two sons and two daughters:

  1. Jean-Louis-Paul-François de Noailles (1739–1824), who married Henriette Anne Louise d'Aguesseau in 1755. After her death in 1794, he married Baroness Wilhelmine Justine von Mosheim in 1796.
  2. Adrienne Catherine de Noailles (1741–1813), who married René de Froulay, Count of Tessé, Marquis of Lavardin, a grandson of René de Froulay de Tessé in 1755.
  3. Emmanuel-Marie-Louis de Noailles (1743–1822), who married Charlotte Françoise de Hallencourt.
  4. Philippine Louise de Noailles.

Louis de Noailles was succeeded by his eldest son, Jean de Noailles. The titles remain among the 4th Duke's descendants in the 21st century.

References

References

  1. [http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/07/22/1794-noailles-women-marquise-de-lafayette/ ExecutedToday.com] Accessed 10 October 2008
  2. [http://roglo.eu/roglo?lang=fr&m=NG&n=Catherine+Fran%C3%A7oise+Charlotte+de+Coss%C3%A9-Brissac&t=PN Roglo genealogy site]
  3. {{EB1911
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