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coat of arms of the Duke of Ayen, as a Knight of the
Order of the Holy Spirit with a
coronet of a
Duke and
Peer of France.
The title Duke of Ayen (duc d'Ayen) was created by King
Louis XV on 12 March
1737 raising the former county of Ayen to a
Dukedom
[1] It was used as a
courtesy title by the eldest son of the
Duke of Noailles
[2] The Duke of Ayen are cousins of the
Dukes of Mouchy a
cadet branch
[4] of the
House of Noailles
- 1737–1766
Louis de Noailles (1713–1793) 1st Duke of Ayen (1737) then 4th Duke of Noailles (1766)
Marshal of France.
- 1766–1823
Jean de Noailles (1739–1824), 2nd Duke of Ayen (1766) 5th Duke of Noailles (1793), Peer of France (1814)
- 1823–1826
Paul de Noailles (1802–1885), 3rd Duke of Ayen (1823) and 6th Duke of Noailles (1824)
- 1826–1885
Jules de Noailles [
fr] (1826–1895), 4th Duke of Ayen (1826) then 7th Duke of Noailles (1885)
- 1885–1895
Adrien de Noailles (1869–1953), 5th Duke of Ayen (1885) then 8th Duke of Noailles (1895)
- 1895–1945
Jean Maurice Paul Jules de Noailles (1893-1945), 6th Duke of Ayen (1895)
- 1945–1953
Hélie de Noailles (1905-2009), called the Marquis de Noailles, 7th Duke of Ayen (1945) then 9th Duke of Noailles (1953)
- 2009–present
Emmanuel Paul Louis Marie de Noailles (born in 1983), 9th Duke of Ayen.[
citation needed]
- Gueules à la bande d'or
[5]
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^ Jean Baptiste Pierre Jullien de Courcelles, 'Histoire généalogique et héraldique des pairs de France, 1827, p. 75-77.
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^ Georges Martin, Histoire et généalogie de la Maison de Noailles, 1993, Lyon, l'auteur, 245 p..
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^ Georges Martin, Histoire et généalogie de la Maison de Noailles, 1993, Lyon, l'auteur, 245 p..
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^ Jean Baptiste Pierre Jullien de Courcelles, 'Histoire généalogique et héraldique des pairs de France, 1827, p. 75-77.