NOAILLES, ANNE-JULES, 2E DUC DE

(2nd duke of) born Feb. 5, 1650, Paris died Oct. 2, 1708, Versailles, Fr. duke of Noailles, marshal of France, son of Anne of Noailles, the first duke. He was made field marshal at the age of 23 and was named lieutenant general and commander in chief of Languedoc in 1682. By then he had become one of the greatest generals of France, and, after raising the regiment of Noailles in 1689, he commanded in Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession. In 1693 he was made marshal of France. His wife, Marie-Franoise de Bournonville, bore him 21 children.