Antonin Claude Dominique Just de Noailles (22 August 1777 in

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1 August 1846 in Paris), 7th Prince of Poix then (from 1834) 4th Spanish

Duke of Mouchy Duke of Mouchy ( es, Duque de Mouchy) was a hereditary title in the peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1747 by Ferdinand VI to Philippe de Noailles, a French military officer. After failure of the 1st Duke's ...

, 3rd French Duke of Mouchy and Duke of Poix, was a French politician.

Biography

Son of

Philippe-Louis-Marc-Antoine de Noailles Philippe-Louis-Marc-Antoine, comte de Noailles, prince-duc de Poix, and 2nd Spanish and 1st French duc de Mouchy (21 November or 21 December 175217 February 1819), was a French soldier, and politician of the Revolution. Biography The son of ...

(1752–1819) and of

Anne Louise Marie de Beauvau Anne Louise Marie de Beauvau (1 April 1750 – 20 November 1834) known as "Mademoiselle de Beauvau" was the only child of Charles Juste de Beauvau, Prince of Craon and Marie Charlotte de La Tour d'Auvergne. She was also a niece of society hostess, ...

(1750–1834), he was a student at the College des Grassins. Anne Louise Marie was a daughter of

Charles Just de Beauvau Charles Juste de Beauvau, Prince of Craon (10 September 1720 – 21 May 1793), 2nd Prince of Craon (1754), Marshal of France (1783) was a French scholar, nobleman and general. The son of Marc de Beauvau, he was also brother of the famous Madame ...

and grand daughter of

Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne Emmanuel-Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, cardinal de Bouillon (24 August 1643 – 2 March 1715, Rome) was a French prelate and diplomat. Biography Originally known as the Duc d'Albret, he was the son of Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergn ...

. During the

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, which tested his family so cruelly, he lived in Paris with his mother in the greatest darkness. He did not reappear until the

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, when in 1803, he married a niece of the Prince de Talleyrand and was introduced in 1806 to

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, who named him chamberlain. Created Count of Worsen on 27 September 1810, he commanded, in 1814, a company of the

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of Paris. He welcomed the return of the

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with the Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814).

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treated him extremely well with

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, created him Knight of the

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and

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of the

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on 13 August 1814 and named him

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, where he remained until 1819; '' persona grata'' with the

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, he was the only

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allowed at the imperial table on the dinner of 24 December 1814. With the death of his father, he inherited the title

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of Noailles, after the renunciation of his older brother,

Charles-Arthur-Tristan-Languedoc de Noailles Charles Arthur Tristan Languedoc de Noailles (1771-1834) was a French aristocrat and politician. Biography Early life Charles Arthur Tristan Languedoc de Noailles was born on 14 February 1771 in Paris.Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Jullien Courcelles, '' ...

, 2nd duc de Mouchy. Returning to France, he was presented to the delegation, and lost 1 October 1821, in the 2nd

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of Meurthe (

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), with 51 votes against 107 with the elected official, Mr. Laruelle. Nominated president of the large college of Meurthe in 1824, he was elected, on March 6 of this same year, by this same college, with 185 votes (194 voters, 224 registered voters). He expressed his moderate opinions in the

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, and joined the liberal party.

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named him knight of the

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on 30 May 1825. Returning to private life in 1827, Mr. de Noailles occupied himself in charitable works, was one of the founders of the '' Company for the improvement of the prisons'' and chaired administration of the '' Company of prévoyance''.

Family life

He is the younger son of

(1752–1819), and of the duchess Anne Louise Marie of Beauvau-Craon (1750–1834). He married on May 11, 1803 '' Françoise Xavière Melanie Honorine of Talleyrand-Périgord '' (September 18, 1785, ParisFebruary 19, 1863,

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), lady of Madame la duchesse de Berry, niece of Prince de Talleyrand, and daughter of Archambaud-Louis-Joseph (September 1, 1762, ParisMay 3, 1838, Saint-Germain-en-Laye),

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of Talleyrand-Périgord, general lieutenant of the armies of the king, and Madelaine-Henriette-Sabine Olivier de Senozan-Viriville (1764July 26, 1794), victim of

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. They had four children: #

Charles-Philippe-Henri de Noailles Charles Philippe Henri de Noailles (9 September 1808 – 25 November 1854) 8th prince de Poix, from (1834) 5th duc espagnol de Mouchy, 4th duc français de Mouchy et duc de Poix, was a French nobleman. Son of Antonin Claude Dominique Just de Noail ...

(1808–1854), 5th

duc de Mouchy Duke of Mouchy ( es, Duque de Mouchy) was a hereditary title in the peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1747 by Ferdinand VI to Philippe de Noailles, a French military officer. After failure of the 1st Duke's s ...

, Princes de Poix; # '' Charles Antonin'' (March 13, 1810August 24, 1852, Chateau du Val (

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)), styled ''comte de Noailles'',

of the

, married in Paris April 25, 1849, Anne Marie Elena Cosvelt; # '' Amédée Adelaide Louis'' (October 9, 1811February 27, 1860,

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; # '' Angelica Léontine Sabine Alexandrine'' (May 13, 1819, Paris – March 20, 1870, Paris) who married (September 5, 1846) Charles Henry Lionel Widdrington Standish (1823–1883).

Offices

Old chamberlain of

, Just de Noailles became

of France in Russia (1814–1819) then appointed of Meurthe (

), (1824–1827). {{DEFAULTSORT:Noailles, Antonin Claude Dominique Just De 1777 births 1846 deaths 104

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