NOAILLES, ADRIEN-MAURICE, 3E DUC DE

(3rd duke of) born Sept. 29, 1678, Paris died June 24, 1766, Paris the third duc de Noailles, son of Anne-Jules of Noailles; he served in all the most important wars of the reign of Louis XV in Italy and Germany and became a marshal in 1734. His last command was in the War of the Austrian Succession, when he was beaten by the English at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743. He married Franoise d'Aubign, a niece of Mme de Maintenon, Louis XIV's mistress and later wife; and two of his sons also attained the rank of marshal of France.