Duc de Mouchy
The title of
Duc de Mouchy was a
French peerage held by members of a
cadet branch of the
Noailles family.
The founder of the branch,
Philippe, comte de Noailles (
1715-
1794), was the younger brother of
Louis, 4th duc de Noailles and a
marshal of France. He received the
Spanish title of prince de Poix in
1729, and that of duc de Mouchy (also a Spanish title) in
1747, when on the birth of his first son the title of prince de Poix became a
courtesy title held by the heir. In
1767 Philippe de Noailles received the additional French title of duc de Poix
à brevêt.Three of Noailles's sons died as infants, the last before the birth of the duke's successor,
Philippe-Louis-Marc-Antoine de Noailles, who was thus prince de Poix from his birth. On his father's death, he became prince-duc de Poix and the Spanish duc de Mouchy. In
1817, during the
Restoration, he was created duc de Mouchy as a French peerage. From that point, the head of the male line has been duc de Mouchy and prince-duc de Poix.
From the creation of the French peerage, the holders have been:
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Philippe-Louis-Marc-Antoine de Noailles, 1st duc de Mouchy (
1752-
1819)
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Charles-Arthur-Tristan-Languedoc de Noailles, 2nd duc de Mouchy (
1771-
1834)
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Antoine-Claude-Dominique-Just de Noailles, 3rd duc de Mouchy (
1777–
1846)
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Charles-Philippe-Henri de Noailles, 4th duc de Mouchy (
1808–
1854)
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Antonin-Just-Léon-Marie de Noailles, 5th duc de Mouchy (
1841–
1909)
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Henri-Antoine-Marie de Noailles, 6th duc de Mouchy (
1890–
1947)
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Philippe-François-Armand-Marie, 7th duc de Mouchy (b.
1922)
The heir-apparent is
Antoine-Georges-Marie de Noailles, prince de Poix (b.
1950).
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Héraldique européenne: Maison de Noailles (European Heraldry: House of Noailles, in
French)
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An Online Gotha: Noailles*
Armory of the French Hereditary Peerage (1814-30)
