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Duc de Noailles
The title of Duc de Noailles was a French peerage created in 1663 for Anne de Noailles, comte d'Ayen. The second, third and fourth dukes were all marshals of France. The family were made Grandees of Spain in 1711, and the third, fifth and sixth dukes were Knights of the Golden Fleece.
Ducs de Noailles (1663)
- Anne, 1st duc de Noailles (d. 1678)
- Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles (1650–1708), marshal of France
- Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles (1678–1766), marshal of France
- Louis, 4th duc de Noailles (1713–1793), marshal of France
- Jean-Louis-Paul-François, 5th duc de Noailles (1739–1824), soldier and chemist, member of the Académie des sciences
- Paul, 6th duc de Noailles (1802–1885), historian, member of the Académie française
- Jules-Charles-Victurnien, 7th duc de Noailles (1826–1895)
- Adrien-Maurice-Victurnien-Mathieu, 8th duc de Noailles (1869–1953)
- François-Agénor-Alexandre-Hélie, 9th duc de Noailles (b. 1905)
The heir-apparent is his son, Hélie-Marie-Auguste-Jacques-Bertrand-Philippe de Noailles, duc d'Ayen (b. 1943).
Other notable family members
- Antoine, 1st comte de Noailles (1504–1562), admiral of France
- Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles (1651–1720), archbishop of Paris
- Louis-Marie, vicomte de Noailles (1756–1804), soldier
- Emmanuel-Henri-Victurnien, marquis de Noailles (1830–1909), diplomat
See also the cadet branch, the ducs de Mouchy.
Sources
- Héraldique européenne: Duché de Noailles (European Heraldry: Duchy of Noailles; in French)
- Armory of Old Regime (pre-1789) French Peerage
- An Online Gotha: Noailles
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