Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles
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Anne Jules de Noailles, 2th Duke of Noailles (5 February 1650 – 2 October 1708) was one of the chief generals of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 towards the end of the reign of Louis XIV
Louis XIV of France
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, and, after raising the regiment of Noailles in 1689, he commanded in Spain
Spain
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 during both the War of the Grand Alliance
War of the Grand Alliance
The Nine Years' War – often called the War of the Grand Alliance, the War of the Palatine Succession, or the War of the League of Augsburg – was a major war of the late 17th century fought between King Louis XIV of France, and a European-wide coalition, the Grand Alliance, led by the Anglo-Dutch...

 and the War of the Spanish Succession
War of the Spanish Succession
The War of the Spanish Succession was fought among several European powers, including a divided Spain, over the possible unification of the Kingdoms of Spain and France under one Bourbon monarch. As France and Spain were among the most powerful states of Europe, such a unification would have...

, and was made marshal of France
Marshal of France
The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements...

 in 1693.
His greatest victory was the Battle of the river Ter in 1694.

Family

Son of Anne de Noailles
Anne de Noailles
Anna, Comtesse Mathieu de Noailles , was a Romanian-French writer.-Biography:Born Princess Anna Elisabeth Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan in Paris, she was a descendant of the Bibescu and Craioveşti families of Romanian boyars...

, he acceded to the title of duc de Noailles on his father's death in 1677. He was married to Marie-Françoise de Bournonville, with whom he had twenty-one children. Adrien-Maurice
Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles
Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Noailles was a French aristocrat and soldier.-Biography:Son of Anne Jules de Noailles, he inherited the title duc de Noailles on his father's death in 1708....

, his seventh child and eldest surviving son, succeeded him upon his death. One of his daughters, Marie Victoire
Marie Victoire de Noailles
Marie Victoire Sophie de Noailles, Countess of Toulouse , was the daughter of Anne Jules de Noailles, the 2nd Duke of Noailles, and his wife, Marie-Françoise de Bournonville...

, married one of King Louis XIV's illegitimate sons, the Comte de Toulouse
Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse
Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse , duc de Penthièvre , d'Arc, de Châteauvillain and de Rambouillet , , was the son of Louis XIV and of his mistress Madame de Montespan...

.

Issue

  1. Marie Christine de Noailles (1672-1748), married (1687) the maréchal de France (1671-1725), Antoine V de Gramont
    Antoine V de Gramont
    Antoine V de Gramont , Duke of Guiche, French military figure and member of the Gramont family. He was the oldest child of Antoine Charles IV de Gramont and Marie Charlotte de Castelnau. At the age of thirteen, he became a musketeer and by 1687 he had become head of his regiment and had married the...

     duc de Gramont
    Duc de Gramont
    The Duke of Gramont is a senior French peerage. It was created in 1643. The dukedom also holds the titles Peer of France, Prince de Bidache, Sovereign of Bidache, Count of Guiche and Louvigny, Viscount of Aster, Baron d'Andouins and of Hagetmau...

     ;
  2. N... (°1673) ;
  3. N... (°1674) ;
  4. Louis Marie de Noailles (°1675) ;
  5. Louis Paul de Noailles (°1676), comte d'Ayen ;
  6. Marie Charlotte de Noailles (1677-1723), married (1696) Malo, marquis de Coëtquen ;
  7. Adrien Maurice de Noailles (1678–1766), 3rd duc de Noailles ; married Françoise-Charlotte d'Aubigné, niece of Madame de Maintenon;
  8. Anne Louise de Noailles (°1679) ;
  9. N... (1680-1684) ;
  10. Jean Anne de Noailles (°1681) ;
  11. Julie Françoise de Noailles (°1682) ;
  12. Lucie Félicité de Noailles (°1683), married (1698) Victor Marie d'Estrées (1660-1737), maréchal de France ;
  13. Marie Thérèse de Noailles (°1684-1784), married (1698) Charles François de la Baume Le Blanc, duc de La Vallière ;
  14. Emmanuel Jules de Noailles (1686-1702), comte de Noailles ;
  15. Marie-Françoise de Noailles (°1687), married (1703) Emmanuel de Beaumanoir, marquis de Lavardin ;
  16. Marie Victoire de Noailles
    Marie Victoire de Noailles
    Marie Victoire Sophie de Noailles, Countess of Toulouse , was the daughter of Anne Jules de Noailles, the 2nd Duke of Noailles, and his wife, Marie-Françoise de Bournonville...

     (1688-1766), married (1707) Louis de Pardaillan de Gondrin (1689-1712), then (1723) Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse
    Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse
    Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse , duc de Penthièvre , d'Arc, de Châteauvillain and de Rambouillet , , was the son of Louis XIV and of his mistress Madame de Montespan...

     ;
  17. Marie Émilie de Noailles (1689-1723) married (1713) Emmanuel Rousselet, marquis de Châteauregnaud ;
  18. Jules Adrien de Noailles (1690-1710), comte de Noailles ;
  19. Marie Uranie de Noailles (°1691), nun;
  20. Anne Louise de Noailles (°1695) married (1716) François Le Tellier, marquis de Louvois (†1719) and had issue; married again to Jacques Hippolyte Mancini, Marquis Mancini and had issue; present prince of Monaco is descended from this line.

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