Louis de Noailles, 4th Duke of Noailles

French peer
Louis de Noailles
Duke of Noailles
Born(1713-04-21)21 April 1713
Versailles, France
Died22 August 1793(1793-08-22) (aged 80)
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
BuriedPicpus Cemetery, Paris
Noble familyNoailles
Spouse(s)Catherine de Cossé
IssueJean, Duke of Noailles
Adrienne Catherine, Countess of Tessé
Emmanuel Marie Louis, Marqius of Noailles
Philippine Louise de Noailles
FatherAdrien Maurice, Duke of Noailles
MotherFrançoise Charlotte d'Aubigné

Louis de Noailles, 4th Duke of Noailles (21 April 1713 in Versailles – 22 August 1793 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French peer and Marshal of France. 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.

Life

Louis bore the title of Duke of Ayen until his father's death in 1766 when he became Duke of Noailles.[1] On 25 February 1737 he married Catherine Françoise Charlotte de Cossé-Brissac, with whom he had four children, two sons and two daughters: Jean de Noailles, Adrienne Catherine de Noailles, Emmanuel de Noailles, and Philippine Louise de 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 but escaped the guillotine by dying in August 1793.[1]

A highly realistic depiction of his wife, Catherine de Cossé-Brissac (1724–1794), 1764.[2]

Family

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.[3] Adrienne and her husband are buried with the Noailles and the other nobles who fell to the guillotine at Picpus Cemetery.

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

  1. ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
  2. ^ Roglo genealogy site
  3. ^ ExecutedToday.com Accessed 10 October 2008

External links

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  • Marie-Françoise de Bournonville
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  • Catherine Françoise Charlotte de Cossé-Brissac
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Jean Louis Paul François
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  • 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
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  • Alicia de Rochechouart de Mortemart
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  • Caroline Antoinette de La Ferté-Meun-Molé de Champlâtreux
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  • 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
Adrien Maurice Victurnien Mathieu
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  • Yolande Louise Marie Valentine d'Albert de Luynes
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  • Jean Maurice Paul Jules, Duke of Ayen
  • Yolande, Marchioness of Noailles
  • Élisabeth
François Agénor Alexandre Hélie
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  • Charlotte Marie Blanche Suzanne Elisabeth Michelle de Caumont La Force
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Hélie Marie Auguste Jacques Bertrand Philippe
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  • Cecile Nadege Marie Paule Gonin
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  • Julie, Mrs Guerrand-Hermès
  • Marie-Alicia
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