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Duke of Mouchy ( es, Duque de Mouchy) was a hereditary title in the peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of

Grandee Grandee (; es, Grande de España, ) is an official royal and noble ranks, aristocratic title conferred on some Spanish nobility. Holders of this dignity enjoyed similar privileges to those of the peerage of France during the , though in neith ...

and granted in 1747 by

Ferdinand VI , house = Bourbon-Anjou , father = Philip V of Spain , mother = Maria Luisa of Savoy , birth_date = 23 September 1713 , birth_place = Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Madrid, Spain , death_date = , death_place = Villavici ...

Philippe de Noailles Philippe de Noailles, comte de Noailles and later prince de Poix, duc de Mouchy, and duc de Poix ''à brevêt'' (27 December 1715 in Paris27 June 1794 in Paris), was a younger brother of Louis de Noailles, and a more distinguished soldier than his ...

, a French military officer. After failure of the 1st Duke's successors in inheriting the dukedom through the established legal procedures, the title expired in the Kingdom of Spain. Withal, it was bestowed by

Louis XVIII of France Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired (), was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. He spent twenty-three years in e ...

on the eldest son of the 1st Duke in 1817 as a title in the

French peerage 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 ...

. The Dukedom of Mouchy has since been held by members of a

cadet branch In history and heraldry, a cadet branch consists of the male-line descendants of a monarch's or patriarch's younger sons ( cadets). In the ruling dynasties and noble families of much of Europe and Asia, the family's major assets— realm, title ...

of the Noailles family. Owing to the political system of France, a republic, the title is unrecognised (as with all titles). The title could have nonetheless been rehabilitated legally in Spain prior to 1988, when a legal reform was made prohibiting titles with more than forty years of disuse from being revived.

Dukes of Mouchy (Spain, 1747)

The founder of the branch,

(1715–1794), comte de Noailles, was a younger brother of

Louis, 4th duc de Noailles Louis de Noailles, 4th Duke of Noailles (21 April 1713 in Versailles22 August 1793 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French peer and Marshal of France. He was the son of Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, niece of Madame de Maintenon, and a nephew o ...

. He was named principe de Poix (prince of Poix) in 1729 by King

Philip V of Spain Philip V ( es, Felipe; 19 December 1683 – 9 July 1746) was King of Spain from 1 November 1700 to 14 January 1724, and again from 6 September 1724 to his death in 1746. His total reign of 45 years is the longest in the history of the Spanish mon ...

. That same year his aunt-in-law Marguerite-Thérèse Rouillé, duchesse de Richelieu, had died, leaving to Philippe the lands of the principality of Poix. It is unknown how many more subsequent holders of this title existed legally in the peerage of Spain. * Philippe de Noailles, 1st Duke of Mouchy

Dukes of Mouchy (France, 1817)

Philippe Louis Marc Antoine, comte de Noailles and Prince of Poix (1752–1819), elder surviving son of the 1st Spanish duque de Mouchy was made duc de Mouchy and a peer of France in 1817 by King

. From the creation of the French peerage, the holders have been: *

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 Ph ...

, 1st duc de Mouchy (1752–1819) *

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, ''H ...

, 2nd duc de Mouchy (1771–1834) *

Antonin Claude Dominique Just de Noailles Antonin Claude Dominique Just de Noailles (22 August 1777 in Paris1 August 1846 in Paris), 7th Prince of Poix then (from 1834) 4th Spanish Duke of Mouchy, 3rd French Duke of Mouchy and Duke of Poix, was a French politician. Biography Son of Ph ...

, 3rd duc de Mouchy (1777–1846) *

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 ...

, 4th duc de Mouchy (1808–1854) *

Antonin-Just-Léon-Marie de Noailles Antoine Just Léon Marie de Noailles (19 April 1841 in Paris – 2 February 1909) 9th prince de Poix, from (1846) 6th duc espagnol de Mouchy, 5th duc français de Mouchy et duc de Poix, from 1854, was a French nobleman. Son of Charles-Philippe-Hen ...

, 5th duc de Mouchy (1841–1909) The unrecognised titleholders since the establishment of the

French Third Republic The French Third Republic (french: Troisième République, sometimes written as ) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940 ...

in 1870 are: *

Henri-Antoine-Marie de Noailles Henri Antoine Marie de Noailles, 11th Prince de Poix, 7th Duke of Mouchy (9 April 1890 – 1 November 1947) was a French nobleman. Early life The Duke was born in Paris on 9 April 1890. He was the son of François Joseph Eugène Napoléon d ...

, 6th duc de Mouchy (1890–1947) *

Philippe François Armand Marie de Noailles Philippe François Armand Marie de Noailles, Duc de Mouchy, Prince-Duc de Poix (17 April 1922 – 28 February 2011) was a cadet of the French ducal house of Noailles (created dukes and peers of France in 1663 by Louis XIV), and second in suc ...

, 7th duc de Mouchy (1922–2011) *

Antoine-Georges-Marie de Noailles Antoine Georges Marie de Noailles, 9th Duke of Mouchy and Duke of Poix (born Paris, 7 September 1950), styled 13th Prince of Poix between 1950 and 2011, is a French nobleman. Being the son of Philippe François Armand Marie de Noailles (1922–2011 ...

, 8th duc de Mouchy (born 1950)

Noailles

As a male-line descendant of the 3rd Duke of Noailles, the Duke of Mouchy is also in remainder to this peerage and to the title of Duke of Ayen.

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Dukes of Mouchy (Spain, 1747)

Dukes of Mouchy (France, 1817)

Noailles

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