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Catherine de Cossé[1]
Duchess of Noailles
Full name
Catherine Françoise Charlotte de Cossé
Born(1724-01-13)13 January 1724
Paris, France
Died22 July 1794(1794-07-22) (aged 70)
executed in Paris
Spouse(s)Louis de Noailles (25 February 1737)
Issue
FatherCharles Timoléon Louis de Cossé, 6th Duke of Brissac
MotherCatherine Madeleine Pecoil

Catherine de Cossé (Catherine Françoise Charlotte; 13 January 1724 – 22 July 1794) was a French noblewoman, arrested during the French Revolution, charged with treason, and executed by guillotine in Paris. She was the paternal grandmother of Marie Adrienne de Noailles, Marquise de La Fayette[2]

Marriage

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On 25 February 1737, she married Louis de Noailles, then styled the Duke of Ayen (duc d'Ayen) as heir to the more senior Dukedom of Noailles.

Children

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  1. Jean de Noailles, 5th Duke of Noailles (26 October 1739 – 20 October 1824)
  2. Adrienne Catherine de Noailles (24 December 1741 – December 1813) married René de Froulay, Count of Tessé and last Marquis of Lavardin
  3. Emmanuel Marie de Noailles, Marquis of Noailles (12 December 1743 – September 1822) never married
  4. Philippine Louise de Noailles (1745–1791) married Louis Antoine Armand de Gramont, Duke of Lesparre

Titles

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  • 13 January 1724 – 25 February 1737 — Mademoiselle de Brissac[3]
  • 25 February 1737 – 24 June 1766 — The Duchess of Ayen.
  • 24 June 1766 – 22 August 1793 — The Duchess of Noailles.

References

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  1. ^ Christophe Levantal, Ducs et pairs et duchés-pairies laïques à l'époque moderne : (1519-1790), Paris 1996, p 821-822
  2. ^ Maurois, André (1961). Adrienne; ou, La vie de Madame de La Fayette. Hachette
  3. ^ Édouard de Barthélemy, Nouvelles de la cour et de la ville, 1879, pp 134
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