Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Noailles

The Marshal-Duke of Noailles
3rd Duke of Noailles
Portrait by Éloi Firmin Féron
Full name	Adrien Maurice de Noailles
Born	(1678-09-29)29 September 1678 Kingdom of France
Died	24 June 1766(1766-06-24) (aged 87) Kingdom of France
Noble family	Noailles
Spouse(s)	Françoise Charlotte Amable d'Aubigné
Issue	Françoise Adélaide, Countess of Armagnac Amable Gabrielle, Duchess of Villars Marie Louise, Duchess of La Force Louis, Duke of Noailles Philippe, Count of Noailles Marie Anne Françoise, Countess of Schleiden
Father	Anne Jules, Duke of Noailles
Mother	Marie-Françoise de Bournonville

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

1. 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;
2. 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;
3. 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;
4. 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;
5. 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;
6. Marie Anne Françoise de Noailles (12 January 1719 – 29 June 1793), married in 1744 Ludwig Engelbert de La Marck (1701–1773), Count of Schleiden.

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Ducal House of Noailles

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Anne
Spouse(s) Anne Louise Boyer Children Anne Jules, Duke of Noailles Louis Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles Jacques Jean Baptiste François, Bishop of Châlons Louise Anne, Marchioness of Lavardin

Anne Jules

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

Adrien Maurice

Spouse(s) Françoise Charlotte Amable d'Aubigné Children Françoise Adélaide, Countess of Armagnac Amable Gabrielle, Duchess of Villars Marie Louise, Duchess of La Force Louis, Duke of Noailles Philippe, Duke of Mouchy Marie Anne Françoise, Countess of Schleiden Grandchildren Louise Henriette Charlotte Philippine, Duchess of Duras Charles Adrien, Prince of Poix Louis Philippe, Prince of Poix Daniel François Marie, Prince of Poix Philippe Louis, Prince of Poix Louis Marc, Viscout of Noailles

Louis
Spouse(s) Catherine Françoise Charlotte de Cossé-Brissac Children Jean, Duke of Noailles Adrienne Catherine, Countess of Tessé Emmanuel Marie Louis, Marquis of Noailles Philippine Louise Catherine, Duchess of Lesparre

Jean Louis Paul François
Spouse(s) Henriette Anne Louise d'Aguesseau 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

Paul
Spouse(s) Alicia de Rochechouart de Mortemart Children Jules Charles Victurnien, Duke of Noailles Emmanuel Henri Victurnien, Marquis of Noailles Pauline Victurnienne, Countess of Noailles

Jules Charles Victurnien
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

Adrien Maurice Victurnien Mathieu
Spouse(s) Yolande Louise Marie Valentine d'Albert de Luynes Children Jean Maurice Paul Jules, Duke of Ayen Yolande, Marchioness of Noailles Élisabeth

François Agénor Alexandre Hélie
Spouse(s) Charlotte Marie Blanche Suzanne Elisabeth Michelle de Caumont La Force Children Hélie, Duke of Noailles

Hélie Marie Auguste Jacques Bertrand Philippe
Spouse(s) Cecile Nadege Marie Paule Gonin Children Julie, Mrs Guerrand-Hermès Marie-Alicia Emmanuel, Duke of Ayen