Jean de Noailles, 5th Duke of Noailles

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Jean de Noailles
5th Duke of Noailles
Full name
Jean Louis Paul François de Noailles
Born(1739-10-26)26 October 1739
Died20 October 1824(1824-10-20) (aged 84)
Spouse(s)
Henriette Anne Louise d'Aguesseau
(m. 1755; her death 1794)

Baroness Wilhelmine Justine of Mosheim
(m. 1796; his death 1824)
Issue
Adrien Paul Louis
Anne Jeanne Baptiste Louise
Marie-Adrienne-Françoise
Françoise Antoinette Louise
Anne Paule Dominique
Angélique Françoise d'Assise Rosalie
Louis Gabriel
FatherLouis, 4th duc de Noailles
MotherCathérine Françoise Charlotte de Cossé-Brissac

Jean de Noailles, 5th Duke of Noailles (Jean Louis Paul François; 26 October 1739, Paris – 20 October 1824) was a French nobleman and was the fifth Duke of Noailles. He first became known for his efforts as a chemist which gained him the election as a member of the Académie des sciences in 1777. He was also a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Having emigrated in 1792, he lived in Switzerland until the Restoration in 1814, when he took his seat as a peer of France.

Marriage and children[change | change source]

His first wife, Henriette Anne Louise d'Aguesseau and the couple had several children;

  1. Adrien Paul Louis de Noailles (17 September 1756 – 7 September 1757).
  2. Louise de Noailles (11 November 1758 – 22 July 1794), who married her cousin the Viscount of Noailles
  3. Adrienne de Noailles (2 November 1759 – 24 December 1807) married Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
  4. A daughter (born and died 11 December 1760).
  5. Françoise Antoinette Louise de Noailles (3 September 1763 – 3 August 1788), Countess of Thezan du Pourjol.
  6. Anne Paule Dominique de Noailles (22 June 1766 – 29 January 1839) married Joachim de Montagu-Beaune, Marquis of Pouzols
  7. Rosalie de Noailles (1 August 1767 – 16 February 1833), married Théodule de Grammont, Marquis of Grammont.
  8. Louis Gabriel de Noailles (19 August 1768 – 26 July 1770).