Anne Louise Boyer, Duchess of Noailles (1632–1697), was the first Duchess of Noailles, her husband being created Duke of Noailles

Duke of Noailles

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 by Louis XIV

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 in 1663.

Biography

Anne Louise Boyer was the only child of Antoine Boyer, Lord of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Essonne

Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Essonne

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, and his wife Françoise de Wignacourt. Louise married Anne de Noailles

Anne de Noailles

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, Count of Ayen (comte d'Ayen) in Paris on 13 December, 1645. The marriage produced six children;

• Anne Jules de Noailles, duc de Noailles (1650–1708), married Marie-Françoise de Bournonville and had 21 children;
• Louis Antoine de Noailles, cardinal de Noailles (1651–1729), never married;
• Jacques de Noailles (1653–1712), military man;
• Jean François de Noailles (1658–1696), maréchal de camp
• Louise Anne de Noailles (1662–1693), married in 1680 to Henri de Beaumanoir, Marquis of Lavardin; had issue;
• Jean Gaston de Noailles (1669–1720), Bishop-Count of Châlons-sur-Marne; no issue;

Outliving two of her children as well as her husband, she died in Paris in May 1697 aged 65. She was a Lady-in-waiting

Lady-in-waiting

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 to Louis XIV's consort Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche

Maria Theresa of Spain

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. She was a contemporary of Louis' mistresses Madame de Montespan

Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan

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 and Louise de la Vallière

Louise de La Vallière

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. (She is mentioned in "Louise de la Vallière", the second volume of Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas, père

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' 1847 historical romance

Historical romance

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 The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later.)

After her death, one of her granddaughters Marie Victoire de Noailles

Marie Victoire de Noailles

Marie Victoire Sophie de Noailles, Countess of Toulouse , was the daughter of Anne Jules de Noailles, the 2nd Duke of Noailles, and his wife, Marie-Françoise de Bournonville...

 married Louis Alexandre de Bourbon

Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse

Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse , duc de Penthièvre , d'Arc, de Châteauvillain and de Rambouillet , , was the son of Louis XIV and of his mistress Madame de Montespan...

, the youngest child of Louis XIV and Montespan; through Marie Victoire, Louise and her husband are ancestors of Philippe Egalité

Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

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, Louis-Philippe I, King of the French, and Prince Henri, Count of Paris, the present Orléanist

Orléanist

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 pretender to the French throne. She is also an ancestor of Juan Carlos I of Spain

Juan Carlos I of Spain

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, Albert II, King of the Belgians

Albert II of Belgium

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, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

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 and Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples

Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples

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, the pretender to the Italian throne.

Titles and styles

• 1632 – 13 December 1645: Louise Boyer
• 13 December 1645 – 1663: The Countess of Ayen (Madame la comtesse d'Ayen)
• 1663 – 15 February 1678: The Duchess of Noailles (Madame la duchesse de Noailles)
• 15 February 1678 – 22 May 1697: The Dowager Duchess of Noailles (Madame la duchesse de Noailles Douairière)

See also