Hélie de Noailles, 10th Duke of Noailles

Hélie Marie Auguste Jacques Bertrand Philippe de Noailles, 10th Duke of Noailles (born 16 July 1943, in Boulogne-Billancourt), simply known as Hélie de Noailles, is a French nobleman, diplomat and trade representative. He was styled with the courtesy title duc d'Ayen (Duke of Ayen) from 1953 till 2009, and currently with the French title duc de Noailles (Duke of Noailles).

Early life and education

Hélie de Noailles was born in Boulogne-Billancourt as the only son and child of François de Noailles, 9th Duke of Noailles, and Charlotte de Caumont La Force.

After studying at the private catholic school Cours Hattemer, 52, Rue de Londres in Paris, he subsequently obtained a Licentiate in Law from the Paris Law Faculty of the University of Paris,^{[clarification needed]} and a diploma from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris in 1967, before going on to the École nationale d'administration where he graduated in 1969.

Career

He began his career in the diplomacy and he served with the economic cooperation group of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (1969–1972).

After a short passage to the cabinet of the Prime Minister in the capacity as operations manager in 1972, de Noailles entered the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF) as a principal private secretary of the general president-directors Arthur Tells then Marceau Long, then of the president of FR 3, Claude Contamine. He then joined, in the capacity as technical adviser, the cabinets of Andre Rossi, Minister for the Foreign trade (1976–1978), then of Jean-François Deniau, Minister for the Foreign trade (1978–1981), then Minister for Administrative reforms (1981).

The 1981 general election returned him to the Quay d'Orsay, where de Noailles became the second adviser of the French Embassy to the United States (1982–1986). On his return to France, he became director of the development of the Perrodo group (1986–1988), then general president-director of Kelt Énergie France (1988–1992), and finally director at the Maison Lazard and Co (1990–1996). (related to Lazard).

De Noailles chaired the French Sons of the American Revolution, Société française des Fils de la Révolution Américaine, and since 2001, he has been mayor of the commune of Épinay-Champlâtreux, succeeding his father, who was mayor from 1932 to 2001.

Personal life

On 11 March 1972, de Noailles married Cécile Nadèje Marie Paule Gonin (born 25 November 1945, Boulogne-Billancourt) at Épinay-Champlâtreux. Together they have three children, two daughters and one son:

1. Julie Marie-Christine Françoise (b. Boulogne-Billancourt 11 July 1972)
2. Marie-Alicia Eugénie Charlotte Blandine (b. Boulogne-Billancourt 8 May 1975)
3. Emmanuel Paul Louis Marie, Duke of Ayen (b. Washington, D.C. 14 February 1983).^{[citation needed]}

As heir apparent of the Dukedom of Noailles he was styled with the title Duke of Ayen between 1953 till 2009. At the death of his father in 2009, he became the 10th Duke of Noailles.

Hélie de Noailles is a Knight (Chevalier) of the National Order of Merit (Ordre national du Mérite) of France.

Ancestry

References

Further reading

• Who's Who in France, edition 2002–2003, Levallois-Perret, Editions Jacques Lafitte

External links

• Hélie de Noailles, 10th Duke of Noailles

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Ducal House of Noailles

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Anne
Spouse(s) Anne Louise Boyer Children Anne Jules, Duke of Noailles Louis Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles Jacques Jean Baptiste François, Bishop of Châlons Louise Anne, Marchioness of Lavardin

Anne Jules

Spouse(s) Marie-Françoise de Bournonville Children Marie Christine, Duchess of Gramont Louis Marie Louis Paul, Count of Ayen Marie Charlotte, Marchioness of Coëtquen Adrien Maurice, Duke of Noailles Anne Louise Jean Anne Julie Françoise Lucie Félicité, Maréchal d'Estrées Marie Thérèse, Duchess of La Vallière Emmanuel Jules, Count of Noailles Marie Françoise, Marchioness of Lavardin Marie Victoire, Countess of Toulouse Marie Émilie, Marchioness of Châteauregnaud Jules Adrien, Count of Noailles Marie Uranie Anne Louise, Marchioness of Louvois

Adrien Maurice

Spouse(s) Françoise Charlotte Amable d'Aubigné Children Françoise Adélaide, Countess of Armagnac Amable Gabrielle, Duchess of Villars Marie Louise, Duchess of La Force Louis, Duke of Noailles Philippe, Duke of Mouchy Marie Anne Françoise, Countess of Schleiden Grandchildren Louise Henriette Charlotte Philippine, Duchess of Duras Charles Adrien, Prince of Poix Louis Philippe, Prince of Poix Daniel François Marie, Prince of Poix Philippe Louis, Prince of Poix Louis Marc, Viscout of Noailles

Louis
Spouse(s) Catherine Françoise Charlotte de Cossé-Brissac Children Jean, Duke of Noailles Adrienne Catherine, Countess of Tessé Emmanuel Marie Louis, Marquis of Noailles Philippine Louise Catherine, Duchess of Lesparre

Jean Louis Paul François
Spouse(s) Henriette Anne Louise d'Aguesseau Children Adrien Paul Louis Anne Jeanne Baptiste Louise, Viscountess of Ayen Marie Adrienne, Marquise de La Fayette Françoise Antoinette, Countess of Thezan du Pourjol Anne Paule Dominique, Marchioness of Pouzols & Montagu Angélique Françoise d'Assise Rosalie, Marchioness of Grammont Louis Gabriel

Paul
Spouse(s) Alicia de Rochechouart de Mortemart Children Jules Charles Victurnien, Duke of Noailles Emmanuel Henri Victurnien, Marquis of Noailles Pauline Victurnienne, Countess of Noailles

Jules Charles Victurnien
Spouse(s) Caroline Antoinette de La Ferté-Meun-Molé de Champlâtreux Children Paul Élisabeth Marie Emma Madeleine Pauline Marie Jacqueline Adrien Maurice Victurnien Mathieu de Noailles, Duke of Noailles Helie Guillaume Hubert, Marquis de Noailles Mathieu Fernand Frédéric Pascal, Marquis de Noailles

Adrien Maurice Victurnien Mathieu
Spouse(s) Yolande Louise Marie Valentine d'Albert de Luynes Children Jean Maurice Paul Jules, Duke of Ayen Yolande, Marchioness of Noailles Élisabeth

François Agénor Alexandre Hélie
Spouse(s) Charlotte Marie Blanche Suzanne Elisabeth Michelle de Caumont La Force Children Hélie, Duke of Noailles

Hélie Marie Auguste Jacques Bertrand Philippe
Spouse(s) Cecile Nadege Marie Paule Gonin Children Julie, Mrs Guerrand-Hermès Marie-Alicia Emmanuel, Duke of Ayen