Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Noailles

Adrien Maurice de Noailles
3rd Duke of Noailles
Noailles by Éloi Firmin Féron.
Full name Adrien Maurice de Noailles
Born	(1778-09-29)29 September 1778 Paris
Died	24 June 1766(1766-06-24) (aged 87)
Noble family	of Noailles
Spouse(s)	Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné
Issue Françoise Adélaide , Countess of Armagnac Amable Gabrielle, Duchess of Villars Marie Louise, Duchess of La Force Louis, Duke of Noailles Marie Anne, Countess of Schleiden
Father	Anne Jules de Noailles
Mother	Marie Françoise de Bournonville

Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Noailles (29 September 1678 – 24 June 1766) was a French aristocrat and soldier. He also acted as the Foreign Minister of France in 1744. As a result of his efforts in war he was created a 1702, a Grandee of Spain in 1711, and a Knight of the Order of Saint-Esprit in 1724. As well as a Marshal of France in 1734 by Louis XV.

Family

Son of Anne Jules de Noailles, Duke of Noailles on his father's death in 1708. He married Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, the niece and heiress of Louis XIV's wife Madame de Maintenon, with whom he had 4 daughters and 2 sons.

Children

1. Françoise Adélaide de Noailles (1 September 1704 – January 1776), married Charles, Count of Armagnac in 1717, son of Louis of Lorraine, Count of Armagnac and had no issue; divorced in 1721;
2. Amable Gabrielle de Noailles (18 February 1706 – September 1742), married Honoré Armand de Villars, Duke of Villars and had one daughter.
3. Marie Louise de Noailles (8 September 1710 – 22 May 1782), married in 1737 to 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 Anne d'Arpajon (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.