Anne Jules de Noailles

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Anne Jules de Noailles
Duke of Noailles
Anne-Jules, duc de Noailles (1650-1708).jpg
Portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud
Born(1650-02-05)5 February 1650
Paris, France
Died2 October 1708(1708-10-02) (aged 58)
Versailles, France
Noble familyNoailles
Spouse(s)
FatherAnne de Noailles
MotherLouise Boyer

Anne Jules de Noailles, 2nd Duke of Noailles (5 February 1650 – 2 October 1708) was one of the chief generals of France towards the end of the reign of Louis XIV, and, after raising the regiment of Noailles in 1689, he commanded in Spain during both the War of the Grand Alliance and the War of the Spanish Succession, and was made marshal of France in 1693.[1]

Family[]

Son of Anne de Noailles and his wife, Louise Boyer, he acceded to the title of duc de Noailles on his father's death in 1678.[1] He was married to ,[2] with whom he had children. Adrien-Maurice, his eldest surviving son, succeeded him upon his death. One of his daughters, Marie Victoire, married one of King Louis XIV's illegitimate sons, the Comte de Toulouse.

Anne Jules de Noailles had many children

See also[]

  • Battle of the river Ter (1694)

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Chisholm 1911, p. 722.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Oettinger & Kesselmeyer, p. 64.

References[]

  • Oettinger, Eduard Maria; Kesselmeyer, Karl August (1869). Moniteur des dates (in German). L. Denicke. p. 64. Retrieved 13 August 2012.

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Anne Jules de Noailles
House of Noailles
Born: 5 February 1650 Died: 2 October 1708
French nobility
Preceded by
Anne
Duke of Noailles
1677–1708
Succeeded by
Adrien-Maurice
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