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French nobleman
Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd
Duke of Noailles (29 September 1678 – 24 June 1766) was a
French
nobleman and
soldier .
Biography
Son of
Anne Jules de Noailles , he inherited the title
duc de Noailles on his father's death in 1708.
He fought in the
War of the Spanish Succession (1710–1713) during which the forces under his command on 24–26 July 1710 drove back a British attack on
Sète . He was
president of the Finance Council from 1715 to 1718. He distinguished himself in the
War of the Polish Succession (1733–1738) and was made a
marshal of France in 1734,
[1] becoming dean of the marshals in 1748.
He served in the
War of the Austrian Succession and was appointed to command the French forces in March 1743. He was defeated at the
Battle of Dettingen in June 1743,
[1] but successfully drove the
Austrians out of
Alsace-Lorraine the following year, although he missed an opportunity to seriously damage the Austrian army as it was crossing the
Rhine .
The duc de Noailles was
Foreign Minister from April to November 1744, and regarded
Great Britain as a greater enemy of France than Austria. He later acted in a
diplomatic capacity and had substantial influence over the course of foreign policy.
Married
In 1698, as comte d'Ayen, he married
Françoise Charlotte Amable d'Aubigné , niece and beneficiary of the
marquise de Maintenon , and by her had six children, 4 daughters and 2 sons. His two sons
Louis, 4th duc de Noailles , and
Philippe, duc de Mouchy , also went on to become marshals of France.
[1]
The duc de Noailles was made a knight of the
Order of the Golden Fleece in 1702, a
Grandee of Spain in 1711, and a Knight of the Order of Saint-Esprit in 1724.[
citation needed ]
Issue
Françoise Adélaide de Noailles (1 September 1704 – January 1776) married
Charles de Lorraine in 1717, son of
Louis, Count of Armagnac and had no issue; divorced in 1721;
Amable-Gabrielle de Villars (18 February 1706 – September 1742), lady in waiting to the queen; married
Honoré Armand de Villars and had one daughter, Amable Angélique de Villars; Amable Angélique may have been the daughter of
le chevalier d'Orléans , whose mistress was Amable Gabrielle;
Marie Louise de Noailles (8 September 1710 – 22 May 1782), married
Jacques Nompar de Caumont ,
Duke of La Force and divorced in 1742; had no issue;
Louis de Noailles ,
Duke of Ayen ,
Duke of Noailles (21 April 1713 – 22 August 1793), married
Catherine Françoise Charlotte de Cossé-Brissac and had issue;
Philippe de Noailles , Count of Noailles
Duke of Mouchy (27 December 1715 – 27 June 1794), married the famous
Madame Étiquette and had issue; wife was a
Lady-in-waiting to
Marie Antoinette ; Louis and his wife were executed in the Revolution;
Marie Anne Françoise de Noailles (12 January 1719 – 29 June 1793), married in 1744 Ludwig Engelbert de La Marck (1701–1773), Count of Schleiden.
References
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Spouse(s)
Marie-Françoise de Bournonville
Children
Marie Christine, Duchess of Gramont
Louis Marie
Louis Paul, Count of Ayen
Marie Charlotte, Marchioness of Coëtquen
Adrien Maurice, Duke of Noailles
Anne Louise
Jean Anne
Julie Françoise
Lucie Félicité, Maréchal d'Estrées
Marie Thérèse, Duchess of La Vallière
Emmanuel Jules, Count of Noailles
Marie Françoise, Marchioness of Lavardin
Marie Victoire, Countess of Toulouse
Marie Émilie, Marchioness of Châteauregnaud
Jules Adrien, Count of Noailles
Marie Uranie
Anne Louise, Marchioness of Louvois
Spouse(s) Children Grandchildren
Spouse(s)
Catherine Françoise Charlotte de Cossé-Brissac
Children
Spouse(s) Children
Adrien Paul Louis
Anne Jeanne Baptiste Louise, Viscountess of Ayen
Marie Adrienne, Marquise de La Fayette
Françoise Antoinette, Countess of Thezan du Pourjol
Anne Paule Dominique, Marchioness of Pouzols & Montagu
Angélique Françoise d'Assise Rosalie, Marchioness of Grammont
Louis Gabriel
Spouse(s)
Alicia de Rochechouart de Mortemart
Children
Spouse(s)
Caroline Antoinette de La Ferté-Meun-Molé de Champlâtreux
Children
Paul
Élisabeth
Marie Emma Madeleine
Pauline Marie Jacqueline
Adrien Maurice Victurnien Mathieu de Noailles, Duke of Noailles
Helie Guillaume Hubert, Marquis de Noailles
Mathieu Fernand Frédéric Pascal, Marquis de Noailles
Spouse(s)
Yolande Louise Marie Valentine d'Albert de Luynes
Children
Jean Maurice Paul Jules, Duke of Ayen
Yolande, Marchioness of Noailles
Élisabeth
Spouse(s)
Charlotte Marie Blanche Suzanne Elisabeth Michelle de Caumont La Force
Children
Spouse(s)
Cecile Nadege Marie Paule Gonin
Children
Julie, Mrs Guerrand-Hermès
Marie-Alicia
Emmanuel, Duke of Ayen
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