Louis-Marie Vicomte de Noailles Gilbert Stuart 1798

Louis-Marie, vicomte de Noailles (17 April 1756

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7 January 1804

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) was the second son of

Philippe, duc de Mouchy 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 ...

, and a member of Mouchy branch of the famous Noailles family of the French

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He served under his brother-in-law the

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in America during the

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, and was the officer who concluded the capitulation of Yorktown in 1781. He was elected to the Estates-General in 1789. On 4 August 1789, during the

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, he began the famous "orgy" (as

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called it) when

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was to be abolished, and the Duc d'Aiguilion proposed the abolition of

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and liveries in June 1790. Histoire maritime de la France depuis la Paix de Nimegue-Leon Guerin 20200510 125155

As the French Revolution progressed and became more dangerous for nobles, he emigrated to the

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and became a partner in

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. He was successful in the United States. He accepted a command against the English in San Domingo, under Rochambeau. He commanded a defence of the

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and escaped with the garrison to

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, but ''en route'' there his ship was attacked by a British schooner. After a long engagement, he was severely wounded, and died of his wounds in

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on 9 January 1804. Louis Marie Antoine de Noailles was a member of the

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from France.

Personal life

He married his cousin Anne Jeanne Baptiste Georgette Adrienne Pauline Louise Catherine Dominique de Noailles (1758–1794), daughter of Jean Louis Paul François de Noailles, Duc de Noailles. They had four children: * Adrienne Theodore Philippine de Noailles (1778–1781), who died young. * Count Louis Joseph Alexis de Noailles (1783–1835), who married Cécile de Boisgelin (1797-1836), the only child of Marquis Bruno-Gabriel de Boisgelin and Cécile d'Harcourt-Beuvron. * Viscount Alfred Louis Dominique Vincent de Paul de Noailles (1784–1812), who married Rosalie Charlotte Antoinette Léontine de Noailles (1797–1851), daughter of

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 ...

. * Euphemia Cécile Marie Adelaide de Noailles (1790–1870), who married

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, Marquis de Vérac (1768–1858), in 1811. Noailles died in

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on 9 January 1804.

Descendants

Through his son Alfred, Viscount de Noailles, he was a grandfather of Anne Marie Cécile de Noailles (1812–1848), who married Charles Philippe Henri de Noailles. Through his daughter Euphemia, he was a grandfather of Marthe Augustine de Saint-Georges de Vérac, who married Louis Marie Pantaleon Costa, Marquis de Beauregard (1806–1864) in 1834.

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