Background
The son of Philippe de Noailles and grandson of Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, he was born on the 21st of November 1752 and held the courtesy title of prince de Poix as a child.
The son of Philippe de Noailles and grandson of Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, he was born on the 21st of November 1752 and held the courtesy title of prince de Poix as a child.
In 1789 he was elected to the Estates-General by the noblesse of Amiens and Ham, but was compelled to resign in consequence of a duel with the commander of the National Guard of Versailles. He left the country for some time, but returned to France and took part in the riots of August, 1792. On his father"s death, he acceded à brevêt to the titles of comte de Noailles and duc de Poix, as well as to the Spanish title duc de Mouchy.
Returning to France in 1800, with the amnesty of Émigrés, he lived quietly at his residence in Mouchy-le-Châtel (Oise) during the Empire.
After the Bourbon Restoration, he again came into favor and in 1817 was created duc de Mouchy as a French title, thus becoming a Peer of France.He died at Paris on the 17th of February 1819. He had two sons, Charles Arthur Tristan Languedoc de Noailles and Just de Noailles.
The false magic, comedy in one act presented for the first time on the theatre of the Italian Comedy, Wednesday 1 February 1775, is dedicated to Monseigneur the Poix, which shows us the shape of his character. The prince de Poix attends the salon of the countess d"Angivillers, wife of Charles-Claude Flahaut de la Billaderie, comte d"Angiviller, this woman enchanteresse, Mrs Necker.
The court there meets with the French Academy, and people of arts and letters: Diderot, d"Alembert, Jean-François de la Harpe, Charles Pinot Duclos, Jean-François Marmontel, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre.
The prince de Poix, in love with one of the chambermaids of the Queen, attends the coterie of Madam d"Angivilliers and benefits from it to meet this young graduate in this living room of the street of the Oratory, in Paris.