Charles Arthur de Noailles, 3rd

Duke of Mouchy Duke of 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 successors in inheri ...

(''Charles Arthur Tristan Languedoc''; 14 February 1771-1834) was a French aristocrat and politician.

Biography

Early life

Charles Arthur Tristan Languedoc de Noailles was born on 14 February 1771 in

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.Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Jullien Courcelles, ''Histoire genealogique et heraldique des Pairs de France, des grands dignitaires de la couronne des principales familles nobles du royaume et des maisons princieres de l'Europe, precedee de la genealogie de la maison de france.'', pp. 79-8

/ref> His father was Philippe Louis de Noailles (1752–1819), duc de Mouchy, and his mother, the duchesse Anne Louise Marie de Beauvau, ''Mademoiselle de Beauvau'' (1750–1834) (daughter of Charles Just de Beauvau and

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). He was educated in a military academy.

Public service

Shortly after graduating, he assisted his uncle in the

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. He was also a Knight of Malta. Due to the French Revolution, when many aristocrats were beheaded, he left France in 1791 and served in the

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. He then spent some time in

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, only returning to France in 1800. In 1815, he was elected to the

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for the Meurthe Department. King

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(1755-1824) appointed him Colonel and Knight in the

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in 1814,

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in 1815, and Lieutenant-General in 1816. He was also appointed Knight of the

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in 1820 and Officer of the

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in 1823. After the death of his father in 1819, he served as the sixth Prince of Poix, the 3rd Spanish Duke of Mouchy, the 2nd French Duke of Mouchy, and the Duke of Poix.British Museum: Charles Arthur Jean Tristan Languedoc de Noailles
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Marriage and progeny

In 1790, he married Nathalie Lucie Léontine de Laborde (1774–1835), daughter of the financier

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. They had a daughter: *Charlotte-Marie-Antoinette-Léontine de Noailles (1797–1851). In 1809, she married

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(1784–1812), Viscount of Noailles, son of

Louis Marc Antoine de Noailles Louis Marie de Noailles (17 April 17567 January 1804) was a French Army officer and politician who served in the American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary Wars. The second son of Philippe, duc de Mouchy, he was a member of Mouchy branc ...

(1756-1804). They had a daughter: **Anne Marie Cécile de Noailles (1812–1848). She married

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 Noai ...

(1808–1854).

Death

He died on 2 February 1834, at the age of 62.

References

1771 births 1834 deaths Politicians from Paris Princes of Poix

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