Louis-Philippe Antoine de Noailles (1752-1819) duc et pair de France, gouverneur de la maison royale de Versailles

Philippe-Louis-Marc-Antoine,

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de Noailles, prince-duc de Poix, and 2nd Spanish and 1st French

duc de Mouchy Duke of Mouchy ( es, Duque de 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 ...

(21 November or 21 December 175217 February 1819), was a French soldier, and politician of the

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Biography

The son of

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 ...

and grandson of Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, he was born on 21 November 1752 and held the

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of ''prince de Poix'' as a child. He was married to Anne Louise Marie de Beauvau known as ''Mademoiselle de Beauvau'' (1 April 175020 November 1834) only child of

Charles Juste de Beauvau Charles Juste de Beauvau, Prince of Craon (10 September 1720 – 21 May 1793), 2nd Prince of Craon (1754), Marshal of France (1783) was a French scholar, nobleman and general. The son of Marc de Beauvau, he was also brother of the famous Madame ...

and

Marie Charlotte de La Tour d'Auvergne Marie Charlotte de La Tour d'Auvergne (Marie Sophie Charlotte; 20 December 1729, Paris – 6 September 1763), was a French noblewoman and member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. Married into the House of Beauvau, a powerful family originat ...

(who in turn was a daughter of Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne and his last wife

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). He had two sons,

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 ...

and

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 ...

The French revolution

In 1789 he was elected to the Estates-General by the ''

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'' of

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and

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, but was compelled to resign in consequence of a

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with the commander of the

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Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, u ...

. He left the country for some time, but returned to France and took part in the riots of August, 1792. He was, however, forced to quit the country once more to evade the fate of his father and mother,

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d in 1794. On his father's death, he acceded ''à brevêt'' to the titles of ''comte de Noailles'' and ''duc de Poix'', as well as to the

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title ''duc de Mouchy''. Returning to France in 1800, with the amnesty of

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s, he lived quietly at his residence in

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(

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) during the

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. After the

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, he again came into favor and in 1817 was created ''duc de Mouchy'' as a French title, thus becoming a

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. He died at Paris on 17 February 1819.

A comedy dedicated to ''Monseigneur the Poix''

''The false magic'', comedy in one act presented for the first time on the theatre of the Italian Comedy, Wednesday 1 February 1775, is dedicated to Monseigneur the Poix, which shows us the shape of his character. The prince de Poix attends the

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of the countess d'Angivillers, wife of

Charles-Claude Flahaut de la Billaderie, comte d'Angiviller Charles-Claude Flahaut de la Billarderie, comte d'Angiviller (1730–1809) was the director of the Bâtiments du Roi, a forerunner of a minister of fine arts in charge of the royal building works, under Louis XVI of France, from 1775. Through Fla ...

, ''this woman enchanteresse'', Mrs Necker. The court there meets with the

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, and people of arts and letters:

Diderot Denis Diderot (; ; 5 October 171331 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the ''Encyclopédie'' along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a prominen ...

d'Alembert Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert (; ; 16 November 1717 – 29 October 1783) was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher, and music theorist. Until 1759 he was, together with Denis Diderot, a co-editor of the ''Encyclopédie ...

Jean-François de la Harpe Jean-François de La Harpe (20 November 173911 February 1803) was a French playwright, writer and literary critic. Life La Harpe was born in Paris of poor parents. His father, who signed himself Delharpe, was a descendant of a noble family orig ...

Charles Pinot Duclos Charles Pinot (or Pineau) Duclos (12 February 1704 – 26 March 1772) was a French author and contributor to the ''Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers''. Biography Duclos was born at Dinan in Brittany ...

Jean-François Marmontel Jean-François Marmontel (11 July 1723 – 31 December 1799) was a French historian, writer and a member of the Encyclopédistes movement. Biography He was born of poor parents at Bort, Limousin (today in Corrèze). After studying with th ...

Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (also called Bernardin de St. Pierre) (19 January 1737, in Le Havre – 21 January 1814, in Éragny, Val-d'Oise) was a French writer and botanist. He is best known for his 1788 novel ''Paul et Virginie'', n ...

. The prince de Poix, in love with one of the chambermaids of the Queen, attends the coterie of Madam d'Angivilliers and benefits from it to meet this young graduate in this living room of the street of the Oratory, in Paris. He is not a husband as sedentary as his ''vénérable'' father''The ménagier of Paris, treaty of morals and the domestic economy...'', Company of the bibliophiles François (Paris, France), Albertano, Jean Noisy, Renault statement he goes elsewhere to separate from its wife.

References

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Dukes of Poix Philippe Louis Marc Antoine Philippe Louis People of the French Revolution 1752 births 1819 deaths Members of the Chamber of Peers of the Bourbon Restoration Knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain