Duke of Noailles

Arms of the ducs de Noailles (gules, a bend or)

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
*Henri de Noailles (1554–1623)
*Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles (1651–1720), archbishop of Paris
*Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy (1715–1794), marshal of France, younger brother of Louis, 4th duc de Noailles and father of Louis-Marie, vicomte de Noailles and Philippe-Louis-Marc-Antoine de Noailles, 1st duc de Mouchy
*Emmanuel-Marie-Louis, marquis de Noailles (1743–1822)
*Philippe-Louis-Marc-Antoine de Noailles, 1st duc de Mouchy (1752–1819)
*Louis-Marie, vicomte de Noailles (1756–1804), soldier and politician
*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