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French duke
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 , 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 in the Eure-et-Loir département of France (best known today as the private residence of Louis XIV 's second wife, Madame de Maintenon ).
Olympic career
A noted equestrian, the Duke competed in the mail coach event at the 1900 Summer Olympics , 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 , 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:
The Duchess died in Cannes on 18 October 1952. The Duke died on 23 October 1953. As his only son (and his son) predeceased him during World War II , he was succeeded by his nephew, François de Noailles .
References
^ "Death of the Duc de Noailles" . The New York Times . 8 March 1895. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
^ Annuaire de la noblesse de France (in French). Au Bureau de la publication. 1908. p. 95. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
"Obituary | PAUL, DUC DE NOAILLES" . The New York Times . 31 May 1885. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
Bernier, Oliver (19 May 1985). "CHATEAU FOR A ROYAL FAVORITE" . The New York Times . Retrieved 19 June 2024.
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Adrien de Noailles Olympic Results" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
"Adrien de Noailles" . Olympedia . Retrieved 26 December 2020.
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Mixed Four-In-Hand Competition" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
TIMES, Special Cable to THE NEW YORK (3 January 1929). "FRENCH DUKE HELD IN GAZETTE INQUIRY; Duc d'Ayen Says He Accepted Hanau Stock in Return for the Use of His Name" . The New York Times . Retrieved 19 June 2024.
"Le tribunal militaire de Paris condamne à vingt ans de réclusion une collaboratrice de la Gestapo accusée d'avoir dénoncé le duc d'Ayen" [The Paris military court sentences a Gestapo collaborator accused of having denounced the Duke of Ayen to twenty years of imprisonment]. Le Monde (in French). 18 November 1952.
"Élisabeth d'Ayen" . Olympedia . Retrieved 4 September 2021.
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Élisabeth d'Ayen" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
Cassan, Maurice (1989). Ayen en Bas-Limousin et les Noailles pendant la Révolution (in French). R. Dessagne. p. 252. ISBN 978-2-85521-085-8 . Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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Marie-Françoise de Bournonville
Children
Marie Christine, Duchess of Gramont
Louis Marie
Louis Paul, Count of Ayen
Marie Charlotte, Marchioness of Coëtquen
Adrien Maurice, Duke of Noailles
Anne Louise
Jean Anne
Julie Françoise
Lucie Félicité, Maréchal d'Estrées
Marie Thérèse, Duchess of La Vallière
Emmanuel Jules, Count of Noailles
Marie Françoise, Marchioness of Lavardin
Marie Victoire, Countess of Toulouse
Marie Émilie, Marchioness of Châteauregnaud
Jules Adrien, Count of Noailles
Marie Uranie
Anne Louise, Marchioness of Louvois
Louis Spouse(s)
Catherine Françoise Charlotte de Cossé-Brissac
Children
Jean Louis Paul FrançoisSpouse(s)
Children
Adrien Paul Louis
Anne Jeanne Baptiste Louise, Viscountess of Ayen
Marie Adrienne, Marquise de La Fayette
Françoise Antoinette, Countess of Thezan du Pourjol
Anne Paule Dominique, Marchioness of Pouzols & Montagu
Angélique Françoise d'Assise Rosalie, Marchioness of Grammont
Louis Gabriel
Paul Spouse(s)
Alicia de Rochechouart de Mortemart
Children
Jules Charles Victurnien Spouse(s)
Caroline Antoinette de La Ferté-Meun-Molé de Champlâtreux
Children
Paul
Élisabeth
Marie Emma Madeleine
Pauline Marie Jacqueline
Adrien Maurice Victurnien Mathieu de Noailles, Duke of Noailles
Helie Guillaume Hubert, Marquis de Noailles
Mathieu Fernand Frédéric Pascal, Marquis de Noailles
Adrien Maurice Victurnien MathieuSpouse(s)
Yolande Louise Marie Valentine d'Albert de Luynes
Children
Jean Maurice Paul Jules, Duke of Ayen
Yolande, Marchioness of Noailles
Élisabeth
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