Anne de Noailles, 1st Duke of Noailles (died 15 February 1678) was the great-grandson of
Antoine, 1st comte de Noailles. He played an important part in the
Fronde
The Fronde () was a series of civil wars in France between 1648 and 1653, occurring in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War, which had begun in 1635. King Louis XIV confronted the combined opposition of the princes, the nobility, the law cour ...
and the early years of the reign of
Louis XIV
, house = Bourbon
, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
, death_date =
, death_place = Palace of Ve ...
, became captain-general of the newly won province of
Roussillon
Roussillon ( , , ; ca, Rosselló ; oc, Rosselhon ) is a historical province of France that largely corresponded to the County of Roussillon and part of the County of Cerdagne of the former Principality of Catalonia. It is part of th ...
, and in 1663 was created
duc de Noailles and
peer of France
The Peerage of France (french: Pairie de France) was a hereditary distinction within the French nobility which appeared in 1180 in the Middle Ages.
The prestigious title and position of Peer of France (french: Pair de France, links=no) was ...
.
Two of Noailles' sons,
Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles, and
Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, raised the Noailles family to its greatest fame. A grandson married
Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, niece of
Madame de Maintenon Madame may refer to:
* Madam, civility title or form of address for women, derived from the French
* Madam (prostitution), a term for a woman who is engaged in the business of procuring prostitutes, usually the manager of a brothel
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Notes
References
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Dukes of Noailles
Noailles, Anne of
Anne
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie.
Anne is sometimes used as a male name in th ...
Year of birth missing
1678 deaths
17th-century peers of France
Peers created by Louis XIV
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