Paul de Noailles

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Paul de Noailles.

Paul de Noailles, (6th) Duke of Noailles (born January 4, 1802 in Paris , † May 30, 1885 ibid) was a French statesman and historian . He comes from the old French noble family Noailles , which produced important French personalities since the 16th century .

Life

In 1824 Paul inherited the title and peerage of his great-uncle Louis-François-Paul de Noailles (1739-1824), entered the chamber of peers in 1827 and was one of the legitimists . He also made himself known as a historian. He was elected a member of the Academy in 1849 on the square of Chateaubriands , whose friend and confidante he was and who also proposed him .

family

On February 5, 1823, he married Alice de Rochechouart (1800–1887), a daughter of Victurnien de Rochechouart, 8th Duke of Mortemart, with whom he had three children:

  1. Pauline Victurnienne de Noailles (* 1824; † April 4, 1844) was a student of Frédéric Chopin , to whom "Mademoiselle Pauline de Noailles" dedicated his ballad No. 3 in A flat major, op. 47, which was published in 1841 by Maurice Schlesinger . On June 20, 1842, she married Marie Joseph Victor Maurice, Comte de Noailles.
  2. Jules-Charles-Victurnien de Noailles, 7th Duke of Noailles.
  3. Emmanuel-Henri-Victurnien de Noailles, Marquis de Noailles.

Works

He wrote a Histoire de Madame de Maintenon (Paris 1848-58, 4 volumes) and Histoire de la maison St-Cyr (2nd edition 1856).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Genealogy (French) (online).
  2. ↑ http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/noailles.html

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personal data
SURNAME Noailles, Paul de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Noailles, Paul Noailles, 6th duc de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French statesman and historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1802
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1885
Place of death Paris