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Paul, 6th duc de Noailles

French nobleman

Paul de Noailles, 6th Duke of Noailles (4 January 1802 – 29 May 1885) was a French nobleman and historian.²

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Born Jan 4, 1802, died May 30, 1885.¹

About

He was the grandnephew of the heirless Jean-Paul-François de Noailles, 5th Duke of Noailles, and succeeded him as Duke of Noailles on the latter's death in 1824, although he did not take his seat among the peers of France until his majority in 1827. A Knight of the Golden Fleece, he was also noted as a writer and parliamentary orator.

The Duke of Noailles was elected to succeed his friend and confidant Chateaubriand to the Académie Française on 11 January 1849 with twenty five votes out of thirty one. As Honoré de Balzac at that time obtained only four votes, this development occasioned an outburst of protest in the literary press. With the duc Pasquier and the duc de Broglie, the duc de Noailles formed the "parti des ducs" (dukes' party).

He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1856.

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Companies

Compagnie des chemins de fer des ArdennesFounder¹³

Early life and education

Date not recordedCollège Stanislas de Paris³

Career

Occupation: historian, politician.⁷

1849 to 1885Member of the Académie française^{5 6}
1824 to 1848Member of the Chamber of Peers⁵
Date not recordedFounded Compagnie des chemins de fer des Ardennes⁴

Personal life

BornJan 4, 1802, Paris⁸
DiedMay 30, 1885, Paris⁹
CitizenshipFrance¹⁰
SpouseAlice Elfride Victurnienne de Rochechouart-Mortemart¹¹

He was married on 5 February 1823 to Alice de Rochechouart-Mortemart, daughter of Victurnien de Rochechouart, 8th duc de Mortemart,

and had three children:

Pauline-Victurnienne de Noailles

Jules-Charles-Victurnien, 7th duc de Noailles

Emmanuel-Henri-Victurnien, marquis de Noailles

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Awards

Date not recordedGrand Officer of the Legion of Honour¹²
Date not recordedKnight of the Order of the Golden Fleece¹²

Sources

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WikidataPaul, 6th duc de Noailles on Wikidata
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WikipediaPaul, 6th duc de Noailles on Wikipedia
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WikidataPaul, 6th duc de Noailles: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataPaul, 6th duc de Noailles: Founded Compagnie des chemins de fer des Ardennes, on Wikidata
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WikidataPaul, 6th duc de Noailles: Member of the Chamber of Peers, on Wikidata
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WikidataMember of the Académie française, as reported by Académie Française
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WikidataPaul, 6th duc de Noailles: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataPaul, 6th duc de Noailles: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataPaul, 6th duc de Noailles: place of death, on Wikidata
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WikidataPaul, 6th duc de Noailles: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataPaul, 6th duc de Noailles: spouse, on Wikidata
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WikidataPaul, 6th duc de Noailles: award, on Wikidata
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WikidataCompagnie des chemins de fer des Ardennes, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsPaul, 6th duc de Noailles photo by Eugène Disdéri, Public domain