Louis de Noailles, 4th Duke of Noailles

For the archbishop, see Louis Antoine de Noailles.

Louis de Noailles
Duke of Noailles
Born	(1713-04-21)21 April 1713 Versailles, France
Died	22 August 1793(1793-08-22) (aged 80) Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Buried	Picpus Cemetery, Paris
Noble family	Noailles
Spouse(s)	Catherine de Cossé
Issue	Jean, Duke of Noailles Adrienne Catherine, Countess of Tessé Emmanuel Marie Louis, Marqius of Noailles Philippine Louise de Noailles
Father	Adrien Maurice, Duke of Noailles
Mother	Françoise 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.

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.[1]

Career

Louis bore the title of Duke of Ayen until his father's death in 1766 when he became Duke of Noailles.[2]

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.[2]

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.

Personal life

A highly realistic depiction of his wife, Catherine de Cossé-Brissac (1724–1794), 1764.[4]

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

• 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.[1]
• Adrienne Catherine de Noailles (1741–1813), who married René de Froulay, Count of Tessé, Marquis de Lavardin, a grandson of René de Froulay de Tessé in 1755.[1]
• Emmanuel-Marie-Louis de Noailles (1743–1822), who married Charlotte Françoise de Hallencourt de Dromesnil.[1]
• Philippine Louise de Noailles.[1]

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.[1]

References

1.  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Noailles s.v.". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 723.
2. Chisholm 1911.
3. ExecutedToday.com Accessed 10 October 2008
4. Roglo genealogy site

External links

• Généalogie de Carné

French nobility
Preceded by Adrien-Maurice	Duke of Noailles 1766–1793	Succeeded by Jean-Louis-Paul-François
Preceded by New creation	Duke of Ayen 1737–1766	Succeeded by Jean-Louis-Paul-François