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- Born:
- April 21, 1713
- Died:
- Aug. 22, 1793, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Fr. (aged 80)
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Louis, 4 duke de Noailles
French duke
Louis, 4e duke de Noailles (born April 21, 1713âdied Aug. 22, 1793, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Fr.) was duc dâAyen until the death of his father (Adrien-Maurice), when he became the duc de Noailles. He served in most of the wars of the 18th century without particular distinction but was nevertheless made a marshal of France, as the marshal of Noailles, in 1775. He refused to emigrate during the Revolution but escaped the fate of most noblemen by dying before the Terror reached its height.
On the 4th Thermidor (July 22), 1793, his wife, the aged Duchesse de Noailles, was executed, along with her daughter-in-law, the Duchesse dâAyen, and her granddaughter, the Vicomtesse de Noailles.
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