''Adrien'' Maurice Victurnien Mathieu de Noailles, 8th Duke of Noailles (22 September 1869 – 23 October 1953), was a French aristocrat and Olympian.
Early life
He was the eldest son of
Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles ''Jules'' Charles Victurnien de Noailles, 7th Duke of Noailles (12 October 1826 – 6 March 1895), was a French aristocrat.
Early life
He was born in Paris on 12 October 1826. He was the eldest son of Paul de Noailles, 6th Duke of Noailles (who su ...
, 7th Duke of Noailles, and Clotilde Caroline Antoinette de La Ferté-Meun Molé de Champlâtreux.
Among his younger brothers was Count Mathieu Fernand Frédéric Pascal de Noailles, who married the writer
Princess Anna Elisabeth Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan (a daughter of Prince
Grégoire Bibesco-Bassaraba).
His paternal grandparents were
Paul de Noailles, 6th Duke of Noailles (who succeeded his grand-uncle
Jean de Noailles, 5th Duke of Noailles, as Duke of Noailles in 1824),
and
Alice de Rochechouart-Mortemart (a daughter of
Victurnien de Rochechouart, 8th Duke of Mortemart). His maternal grandparents were Count Hubert de La Ferté-Meun and Elisabeth Françoise Molé de
Champlâtreux.
Career
Upon on his father's death in 1895,
he succeeded to the
dukedom of Noailles, and inherited his father's estate, including the
Château de Maintenon
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in the
Eure-et-Loir
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'' of France (best known today as the private residence of
Louis XIV
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's second wife,
Madame de Maintenon Madame may refer to:
* Madam, civility title or form of address for women, derived from the French
* Madam (prostitution), a term for a woman who is engaged in the business of procuring prostitutes, usually the manager of a brothel
* ''Madame'' ( ...
).
Olympic career
A noted equestrian, the Duke competed in the
mail coach event at the
1900 Summer Olympics
The 1900 Summer Olympics (), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 14 May to 28 October 1900. No opening or closin ...
,
one of five
equestrian competitions held in late May and early June 1900 at the International Horse Show in Paris. The event was part of the
Exposition Universelle, and later classified as part of the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
On 5 December 1892, he married Yolande Louise Marie Valentine d'Albert de Luynes (1870–1952), a daughter of
Charles Honoré Emmanuel d'Albert de Luynes, 9th
Duke of Luynes
The Duke of Luynes ( ) is a territorial name belonging to the noble France, French house d'Albert. Luynes, Indre-et-Loire, Luynes is, today, a commune in France, commune of the Indre-et-Loire ''département in France, département'' in France. The ...
, and Yolande Françoise Marie Julienne
de La Rochefoucauld (a daughter of
Sosthène II de La Rochefoucauld, 4th
Duke of Doudeauville). Together, they were the parents of three children:
*
Jean Maurice Paul Jules de Noailles (1893–1945), ''styled''
Duke of Ayen
The title Duke of Ayen (''duc d'Ayen'') was created by King Louis XV on 12 March 1737 raising the former county of Ayen to a Dukedom. It was used as a courtesy title by the eldest son of the Duke of Noailles. The lineage of Dukes of Ayen are cousi ...
,
a member of the
French Resistance
The French Resistance ( ) was a collection of groups that fought the German military administration in occupied France during World War II, Nazi occupation and the Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy#France, collaborationist Vic ...
who was killed in the
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Bergen-Belsen (), or Belsen, was a Nazi concentration camp in what is today Lower Saxony in Northern Germany, northern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen, Lower Saxony, Bergen near Celle. Originally established as a prisoner of war camp, ...
in April 1945.
* Yolande Marie Clothilde Charlotte (1896–1976)
*
Élisabeth Pauline Sabine Marie (1898–1969), a tennis player who competed in the
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i ...
, winning a bronze medal.
The Duchess died in
Cannes
Cannes (, ; , ; ) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions Internatio ...
on 18 October 1952. The Duke died on 23 October 1953. As his only son (and his son) predeceased him during
World War II
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, he was succeeded by his nephew,
François de Noailles
François de Noailles, (2 July 1519 – 19 September 1585) Papal Prothonotary, made Bishop of Dax in 1556, was French ambassador in Venice in the 1560s, and French ambassador of Charles IX of France, Charles IX to the Ottoman Empire from 1571 to 1 ...
.
References
External links
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Adrien-Maurice
Adrien-Maurice
Adrien
Adrien is a given name and surname, and the French spelling for the name Adrian. It is also the masculine form of the feminine name Adrienne. It may refer to:
People Given name
* Adrien (dancer) (1816–1870), French dancer and choreographer
* ...
Noailles, Adrien-Maurice, 8th duc de
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Equestrians at the 1900 Summer Olympics
French male equestrians
Olympic equestrians for France
20th-century French nobility
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