Antoine, 1st comte de Noailles (4 September 150411 March 1563) became

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, and was ambassador in

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for three years, 1553–1556, maintaining a gallant but unsuccessful rivalry with the Spanish ambassador,

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. Antoine was the eldest of three brothers who served as French diplomats, three of the 19 children of Louis de Noailles and Catherine de Pierre-Buffière. His career started at the age of 25 with a trip with Francis de la Tour, Viscount of Turenne, to Spain to arrange the marriage of

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with

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, and he signed the final marriage contract. He then helped in the Italian wars and two missions to Scotland in 1548. His brothers

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and

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were clergymen. His wife was

Jeanne de Gontaut Jeanne de Gontaut, Countess of Noailles (c. 1520 26 September 1586), was a French noblewoman and the wife of Antoine de Noailles, Admiral of France and French Ambassador to England from 1553 to 1556. Following her husband's death in 1562, Jeanne be ...

, who following his death, became a

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* * * Attribution: * 1504 births 1562 deaths Antoine, 1st count of

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