Paul de Noailles, 6th Duke of Noailles (4 January 1802 – 29 May 1885) was a French
nobleman
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and historian.
He was the grandnephew of the heirless
Jean-Paul-François de Noailles, 5th Duke of Noailles, and succeeded him as
Duke of Noailles
The title of Duke of Noailles was 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 ...
on the latter's death in 1824, although he did not take his seat among the
peers of France
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 ...
until his majority in 1827. A
Knight of the Golden Fleece
This article contains a list of knights of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Knights of the Burgundian Golden Fleece
15th Century
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, he was also noted as a writer and parliamentary orator.
The Duke of Noailles was elected to succeed his friend and confidant
Chateaubriand to the
Académie Française
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on 11 January 1849 with twenty five votes out of thirty one. As
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac ( , more commonly , ; born Honoré Balzac;Jean-Louis Dega, La vie prodigieuse de Bernard-François Balssa, père d'Honoré de Balzac : Aux sources historiques de La Comédie humaine, Rodez, Subervie, 1998, 665 p. 20 May 179 ...
at that time obtained only four votes, this development occasioned an outburst of protest in the literary press. With the
duc Pasquier and the
duc de Broglie
The House of Broglie (, also ; french: Maison de Broglie, or ) is a French noble family, originally Piedmontese, who migrated to France in the year 1643.
History
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, the duc de Noailles formed the "parti des ducs" (dukes' party).
He was elected a member of the
American Antiquarian Society
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in 1856.
American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
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Family
He was married on 5 February 1823 to Alice de Rochechouart-Mortemart, daughter of Victurnien de Rochechouart, 8th duc de Mortemart,
and had three children:
# Pauline-Victurnienne de Noailles
# Jules-Charles-Victurnien, 7th duc de Noailles
Jules de Noailles, 7th Duke of Noailles (''Jules Charles Victurnien''; 12 October 1826 – 6 March 1895), was the son of Paul, 6th duc de Noailles, and who acceded to the title of duc de Noailles
The title of Duke of Noailles was a French peerage ...
# Emmanuel-Henri-Victurnien, marquis de Noailles
References
External links
Paul, 6th Duc de Noailles
''19th Century Photography''
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1802 births
1885 deaths
Members of the Académie Française
19th-century French historians
Dukes of Noailles
Counts of Ayen
Knights of the Golden Fleece
Members of the Chamber of Peers of the Bourbon Restoration
Members of the Chamber of Peers of the July Monarchy
French male writers
Members of the American Antiquarian Society