François de Noailles, 9th Duke of Noailles
François de Noailles, 9th Duke of Noailles (François Agénor Alexandre Hélie; 20 November 1905 – 11 January 2009) was the nephew of Adrien-Maurice-Victurnien-Mathieu, 8th duc de Noailles. His parents were Marquis Hélie Guillaume de Noailles (26 May 1871 – 24 May 1932) and Corisande de Gramont (8 August 1880 – 5 March 1977), daughter of Duke de Gramont and Marguerite de Rothschild.
| François de Noailles | |||||
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| 9th Duke of Noailles | |||||
| Predecessor | Adrien de Noailles | ||||
| Successor | Hélie de Noailles | ||||
| Born | 20 November 1905 | ||||
| Died | 11 January 2009 (aged 103) | ||||
| Spouse | Charlotte de Caumont | ||||
| Issue | Hélie de Noailles | ||||
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| Father | Hélie Guillaume de Noailles, Marquis of Marquis | ||||
| Mother | Corisande de Gramont | ||||
He styled himself duc de Noailles (Duke of Noailles) on the death of his uncle Adrien de Noailles in 1953.
Family
He married Charlotte de Caumont La Force (29 September 1917 – 19 December 2002) in 1936 at Paris. They had one child, a son, who has three children: Hélie-Marie-Auguste-Jacques-Bertrand-Philippe de Noailles, Duke of Ayen (born 1943), who succeeded him upon his death at Château de Champlâtreux in 2009.
References
- François, 9th duc de Noailles' obituary Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)
