Philippe de Noailles, comte de Noailles and later prince de Poix, duc de Mouchy, and duc de Poix ''à brevêt'' (27 December 1715 in

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27 June 1794 in Paris), was a younger brother of

Louis de Noailles Louis de Noailles, 4th Duke of Noailles (21 April 1713 in Palace of Versailles, Versailles22 August 1793 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a Peerage of France, French peer and Marshal of France. Early life He was the son of Françoise Charlotte d'A ...

, and a more distinguished soldier than his brother. He was the son of

Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné Baroness Francoise Charlotte Amable d'Aubigne-Maintenon, Duchess of Noailles (5 May 1684 – 6 October 1739) was a French aristocrat, the wife of Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Noailles. She was the niece of Françoise d'Aubigné, Madame ...

, niece of

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Life

He served at

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and in other campaigns, and was made a

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in 1775, on the same day as his brother. He was long in great favour at court, and his wife, Anne d'Arpajon, Comtesse de Noailles, was first lady of honour to

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, and was nicknamed by her Madame

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. This court favor brought down punishment in the days of the French Revolution, and the old marshal, his sister, his wife, daughter-in-law and granddaughter were all

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d on 27 June 1794. Twenty-five days later, the widow, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter of the 4th Duc de Noailles were also guillotined. The Comte de Noailles received the

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title of Prince de Poix in 1729, and that of Duque de Mouchy with

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attached in 1747. In 1767, he received the additional French title of Duc de Poix ''à brevêt.'' The title of Prince de Poix passed to his son, Charles-Adrien, as a

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on the latter's birth in 1747, and after the child's death later that year and the infant deaths of two more sons, came to rest on Noailles's successor, Philippe-Louis-Marc-Antoine. Two of de Noailles's three surviving sons, Philippe-Louis-Marc-Antoine and Louis-Marie, were members of the National Constituent Assembly; Louis-Marie's wife died with his parents.

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