Henri-Antoine-Marie de Noailles


Henri Antoine Marie de Noailles, 11th Prince de Poix, 7th Duke of Mouchy was a French nobleman.

Early life

The Duke was born in Paris on 9 April 1890. He was the son of François Joseph Eugène Napoléon de Noailles, Prince de Poix, and Madeleine Marie Isabelle Dubois de Courval. His brother was Count Charles de Noailles and his sister was Philippine de Noailles, who became Princess Eugène de Ligne upon her marriage to Eugène, 11th Prince of Ligne.
His grandparents were the 6th Duke of Mouchy and the Duchess of Mouchy, who before her marriage was Princess Anna Murat. Through his father, he was a descendant of Count Philippe de Noailles who was born in 1715 and who married Anne, the granddaughter of the Duke of d'Arpajon. His maternal grandparents were Vicomte Arthur Dubois de Courval and the former Mary Ray, who was born in New York City and descended from Loyalist James Boggs of Philadelphia and Thomas Cornell.

Career

From 1909, he became the 11th Prince de Poix following the death of his grandfather Antonin-Just-Léon-Marie de Noailles.
For his service in World War I in France and on the Eastern front, the Duke of Mouchy was awarded a Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur and decorated with the Croix de Guerre. During the War, the Château de Mouchy was used by Marshal Ferdinand Foch as his headquarters.

Personal life

On 22 July 1920, he was married to Marie de La Rochefoucauld. She was the second daughter of the president of the Jockey-Club de Paris, Armand de La Rochefoucauld, Duke of Doudeauville and Princess Louise Radziwiłł. Marie's siblings included Sosthène de La Rochefoucauld, and older sister, Hedwige de la Rochefoucauld, was married to Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma. Together, they lived at the Château de Mouchy and had three children:
The Prince died in Paris on 1 November 1947, and was succeeded in his titles by his son, Philippe.

Descendants

Through his son Philippe, he was the grandfather of Nathalie Marie Thérèse de Noailles, who married Christian Charles Meissirel-Marquot in 1981; Antoine Georges Marie de Noailles, who married Isabelle Marie Jeanne Hélène Frisch de Fels in 1980; and Alexis de Noailles who married Princess Diane d'Orléans in 2004.
Through his daughter Philippine, he was the grandfather of Charlotte, who married Charles de Marly, and Jacques, who married Jacqueline Lomont.