Overview
Henri Antoine Marie de Noailles, 11th Prince de Poix, 7th Duke of Mouchy (9 April 1890 – 1 November 1947) was a French nobleman.
Early life
The Duke was born in Paris on 9 April 1890. He was the son of François Joseph Eugène Napoléon de Noailles (1866–1900), Prince de Poix, and Madeleine Marie Isabelle Dubois de Courval (1870–1944). His brother was Count Charles de Noailles (who married Marie-Laure Bischoffsheim) and his sister was Philippine de Noailles, who became Princess Eugène de Ligne upon her marriage to Eugène, 11th Prince of Ligne.
His grandparents were the 6th Duke of Mouchy and the Duchess of Mouchy, who before her marriage was Princess Anna Murat (daughter of Prince Lucien Murat, himself the second son of Joachim Murat King of Naples and his Queen Consort, Caroline Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon). Through his father, he was a descendant of Count Philippe de Noailles who was born in 1715 and who married Anne, the granddaughter of the Duke of d'Arpajon. His maternal grandparents were Vicomte Arthur Dubois de Courval and the former Mary Ray, who was born in New York City and descended from Loyalist James Boggs of Philadelphia and Thomas Cornell.
Career
From 1909, he became the 11th Prince de Poix following the death of his grandfather Antonin-Just-Léon-Marie de Noailles (who predeceased Henri's father, who died in 1900).
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