Duke of Ayen

The title Duke of Ayen (duc d'Ayen) was created by King Louis XV on 12 March 1737 raising the former county of Ayen to a Dukedom^[1] It was used as a courtesy title by the eldest son of the Duke of Noailles^[2] The Duke of Ayen are cousins of the Dukes of Mouchy^[3] a cadet branch^[4] of the House of Noailles^[3]

1737–1766 Louis de Noailles (1713–1793) 1st Duke of Ayen (1737) then 4th Duke of Noailles (1766) Marshal of France.
1766–1823 Jean de Noailles (1739–1824), 2nd Duke of Ayen (1766) 5th Duke of Noailles (1793), Peer of France (1814)
1823–1826 Paul de Noailles (1802–1885), 3rd Duke of Ayen (1823) and 6th Duke of Noailles (1824)
1826–1885 Jules de Noailles [fr] (1826–1895), 4th Duke of Ayen (1826) then 7th Duke of Noailles (1885)
1885–1895 Adrien de Noailles (1869–1953), 5th Duke of Ayen (1885) then 8th Duke of Noailles (1895)
1895–1945 Jean Maurice Paul Jules de Noailles (1893-1945), 6th Duke of Ayen (1895)
1945–1953 Hélie de Noailles (1905-2009), called the Marquis de Noailles, 7th Duke of Ayen (1945) then 9th Duke of Noailles (1953)
2009–present Emmanuel Paul Louis Marie de Noailles (born in 1983), 9th Duke of Ayen.^{[citation needed]}

[1]
Jean Baptiste Pierre Jullien de Courcelles, 'Histoire généalogique et héraldique des pairs de France, 1827, p. 75-77.
[2]
Georges Martin, Histoire et généalogie de la Maison de Noailles, 1993, Lyon, l'auteur, 245 p..
[3]
Chisholm 1911, p. 723.
[4]
Georges Martin, Histoire et généalogie de la Maison de Noailles, 1993, Lyon, l'auteur, 245 p..
[5]
Jean Baptiste Pierre Jullien de Courcelles, 'Histoire généalogique et héraldique des pairs de France, 1827, p. 75-77.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Noailles". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 722–723.

List of dukes of Ayen