|
Louis De Noailles, 4th Duke Of 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. Early life He was the son of Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, niece of Madame de Maintenon, and a nephew of Marie Victoire de Noailles, daughter-in-law of Louis XIV of France. Career Louis bore the title of Duke of Ayen until his father's death in 1766 when he became Duke of Noailles. He served in most of the wars of the eighteenth century without particular distinction but was nevertheless made a Marshal of France in 1775. He refused to emigrate during the Revolution, and died from natural causes in August 1793, thus escaping the fate of the guillotine. The duke's widow, granddaughter, and daughter-in-law were guillotined on 22 July 1794, twenty-five days after his brother and sister, sister-in-law, their daughter-in-law, and niece had met the same fate. Another granddaughter, Adrienne, wife of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Versailles
The Palace of Versailles ( ; ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, in the Yvelines, Yvelines Department of Île-de-France, Île-de-France region in France. The palace is owned by the government of France and since 1995 has been managed, under the direction of the Ministry of Culture (France), French Ministry of Culture, by the Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles. About 15,000,000 people visit the palace, park, or gardens of Versailles every year, making it one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world. Louis XIII built a hunting lodge at Versailles in 1623. His successor, Louis XIV, expanded the château into a palace that went through several expansions in phases from 1661 to 1715. It was a favourite residence for both kings, and in 1682, Louis XIV moved the seat of his court and government to Versailles, making the palace the ''de fact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Victoire De Noailles
''Marie Victoire'' Sophie de Noailles, Countess of Toulouse (6 May 1688 in Versailles – 30 September 1766 in Paris), was a French noble and courtier. Her second spouse was Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse, Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Count of Toulouse, the youngest legitimized son of King Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, Madame de Montespan. Early life Marie Victoire was born at Versailles (city), Versailles on 6 May 1688, as the younger daughter of Anne Jules de Noailles, the 2nd Duke of Noailles and his wife, Marie-Françoise :File:Armoiries_maison_de_Bournonville.svg, de Bournonville (1656-1748). She was the thirteenth of twenty children. Several of her sisters married into important French nobility, noble families in France. Her sister Marie Christine married Antoine V de Gramont, Antoine de Gramont, duc de Guiche in 1687. Another sister, Lucie Félicité, married the Victor-Marie d'Estrées, Maréch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean De Noailles, 5th Duke Of Noailles
Jean de Noailles, 5th Duke of Noailles (''Jean Louis Paul François''; 26 October 1739, Paris20 October 1824) was a French nobleman and scientist. Early life Jean-Louis-Paul-François de Noailles was the son of Catherine de Cossé-Brissac and Louis, 4th duc de Noailles, a Marshal of France in 1775. His father was a nephew of Marie Victoire de Noailles, daughter-in-law of Louis XIV of France, and his paternal grandmother, Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, was a niece of Madame de Maintenon. He was in the army for a period. However, his eminence as a chemist gained him the election as a member of the French Academy of Sciences, Académie des sciences in 1777. He was also a Knight of Order of the Golden Fleece, Golden Fleece. He became Counts and dukes of Alençon, Duc d'Ayen in 1766 on his grandfather's death, and Duc de Noailles on his father's in 1793. Having emigrated in 1792, he lived in Switzerland until the Bourbon Restoration in France, Bourbon Restoration in 1814, when he to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
