The title Duke of Ayen (''duc d'Ayen'') was created by King

Louis XV Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity (then defi ...

on 12 March

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raising the former county of Ayen to a

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. It was used as a

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by the eldest son of the

Duke of Noailles The title of Duke of Noailles is a French peerage created in 1663 for Anne de Noailles, Count of Ayen. History Noailles is the name of a prominent French noble family, derived from the castle of Noailles in the territory of Ayen, between Briv ...

. The lineage of Dukes of Ayen are cousins to the

Dukes 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 ...

, a

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of the

House of Noailles The title of Duke of Noailles is a Peer of France, French peerage created in 1663 for Anne de Noailles, Anne de Noailles, Count of Ayen. History Noailles is the name of a prominent French noble family, derived from the castle of Noailles in the t ...

List of dukes of Ayen

#1737–1766

Louis de Noailles Louis de Noailles, 4th Duke of Noailles (21 April 1713 in Palace of Versailles, Versailles22 August 1793 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a Peerage of France, French peer and Marshal of France. Early life He was the son of Françoise Charlotte d'A ...

(1713–1793) 1st Duke of Ayen (1737) then 4th Duke of Noailles (1766) and

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#1766–1823 Jean de Noailles (1739–1824), 2nd Duke of Ayen (1766) 5th Duke of Noailles (1793), Peer of France (1814) #1823–1826 Paul de Noailles (1802–1885), 3rd Duke of Ayen (1823) and 6th Duke of Noailles (1824) #1826–1885 (1826–1895), 4th Duke of Ayen (1826) then 7th Duke of Noailles (1885) #1885–1895

Adrien de Noailles ''Adrien'' Maurice Victurnien Mathieu de Noailles, 8th Duke of Noailles (22 September 1869 – 23 October 1953), was a French aristocrat and Olympian. Early life He was the eldest son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles, 7th Duke of Noailles, ...

(1869–1953), 5th Duke of Ayen (1885) then 8th Duke of Noailles (1895) #1895–1945 Jean Maurice Paul Jules de Noailles (1893-1945), 6th Duke of Ayen (1895) #1945–1953 François Agénor Alexandre Hélie de Noailles (1905-2009), called the Marquis de Noailles, 7th Duke of Ayen (1945) then 9th Duke of Noailles (1953) #1953–2009 Hélie de Noailles (1905-2009), called the Count de Noailles, 8th Duke of Ayen (1945) then 10th Duke of Noailles (1953) #2009–present Emmanuel Paul Louis Marie de Noailles (born in 1983), 9th Duke of Ayen.

Arms

*''Gueules à la bande d'or''Jean Baptiste Pierre Jullien de Courcelles, 'Histoire généalogique et héraldique des pairs de France, 1827, p. 75-77.

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*{{EB1911, wstitle=Noailles , volume=19 , pages=722–723 Dukes of Ayen Ayen Peers of France Courtesy dukes