Coat of arms of the counts and dukes of Noailles (gules, a bend or).
Antoine, 1st comte de Noailles (4 September 1504 – 11 March 1562) became admiral of France, and was ambassador in England during three important years, 1553–1556, maintaining a gallant but unsuccessful rivalry with the Spanish ambassador, Simon Renard.[1]
Antoine was the eldest of three brothers who served as French diplomats, three of the 19 children of Louis de Noailles and Catherine de Pierre-Buffière.[2]
His career started at the age of 25 with a trip with Francis de la Tour, Viscount of Turenne, to Spain to arrange the marriage of Francis I of France with Eleanor of Austria, and he signed the final marriage contract. He then helped in the Italian wars and two missions to Scotland in 1548.[3]
His brothers Gilles and François were clergymen.[4] His wife was Jeanne de Gontaut, who following his death, became a lady-in-waiting to Catherine de Medici.
Notes[]
- ↑ Chisholm 1911, p. 722.
- ↑ Sainte-Marie 1868, p. 747-9.
- ↑ Vertot 1763, pp. 10-11.
- ↑ Teulet 1862, pp. viii-ix.
References[]
- Sainte-Marie, Simplicien Anselme de (1868). Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, des pairs, grands officiers de la couronne et de la maison du roy.... Paris: Firmin Didot frères, fils et Cie. pp. 747–9. https://books.google.com/books?id=PzelhioHoMQC&source=gbs_navlinks_s.
- Teulet, JB Alexandre, ed (1862). Relations Politiques de la France Et de L'Espagne Avec L'Ecosse Au XVIe Siècle: Correspondances Françaises 1515-1603. 1. Paris. pp. viii-ix.
- Vertot, Abbé de, ed (1763). Ambassades de Messieurs de Noailles en Angleterre. 1. Leyden. https://archive.org/details/ambassadesdemess01vert.
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