Philippe François Armand Marie de Noailles


Philippe François Armand Marie de Noailles, Duc de Mouchy, Prince-Duc de Poix was a cadet of the French ducal house of Noailles, and second in succession to the senior title. He was the eldest son of Henri-Antoine-Marie de Noailles, Duc de Mouchy, Prince-Duc de Poix, and of Marie de La Rochefoucauld. Following his marriage to Joan Dillon, he became managing director of Domaine Clarence Dillon. Together, the couple acquired Château La Mission Haut-Brion, Château Laville Haut-Brion and Château La Tour Haut-Brion.

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Philippe was married twice. His first wife was Diane Rose Anne Marie de Castellane y Fernández Anchorena, whom he married in Paris on 14 April 1948. They had two sons and one daughter.
His second wife was HRH Princess Joan of Luxembourg, née Joan Douglas Dillon. She was the widow of Prince Charles of Luxembourg, whom she married in Sutton Park, Surrey, on 1 March 1967, the former wife of James Brady Moseley, son of wealthy Boston stockbroker Frederick S. Moseley, Jr. and wife Jane H. Brady, whom she married firstly in Paris on 1 August 1953, divorced in Washoe County, Nevada on 12 December 1955 and annulled in Rome on 22 June 1963. She was the daughter of U.S. Treasury Secretary C. Douglas Dillon and his wife, Phyllis Chess Ellsworth. They married at Islesboro, Maine, on 3 August 1978, without issue. By this marriage, the Duc de Mouchy had a stepson and two stepdaughters.
Through his great-grandmother, Princess Anne Murat, Philippe descended from Napoleon I's Marshal, Joachim Murat, King of Naples, and Caroline Bonaparte, Napoleon's sister. Anne was married to Antoine de Noailles, 6th Duc de Mouchy, 6th Prince-Duc de Poix, Philippe's great-grandfather.

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