François de Noailles, 9th Duke of Noailles explained

François de Noailles
Full Name:François Agénor Alexandre Hélie de Noailles
Birth Date:20 November 1905
Predecessor:Adrien de Noailles
Successor:Hélie de Noailles
Father:Hélie Guillaume de Noailles, Marquis of Marquis
Mother:Corisande de Gramont
Spouse:Charlotte de Caumont
Issue:Hélie de 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.

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.

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