Antoine de Noailles

Antoine, 1st comte de Noailles (4 September 1504 – 11 March 1563) became admiral of France, and was ambassador in England for three years, 1553–1556, maintaining a gallant but unsuccessful rivalry with the Spanish ambassador, Simon Renard.

Coat of arms of the counts and dukes of Noailles (gules, a bend or).

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.[1] His brothers Gilles and François were clergymen and diplomats.[2]

Diplomatic career

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]

Marriage

His wife was Jeanne de Gontaut, who following his death, became a lady-in-waiting to Catherine de Medici.[4]

References
  1. Sainte-Marie 1868, p. 747-9.
  2. Teulet 1862, pp. viii–ix.
  3. Vertot 1763, pp. 10–11.
  4. Chisholm 1911, p. 722.
  • 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.
  • Teulet, JB Alexandre, ed. (1862). Relations Politiques de la France Et de L'Espagne Avec L'Ecosse Au XVIe Siècle: Correspondances Françaises 1515-1603. Vol. 1. Paris. pp. viii–ix.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Vertot, Abbé de, ed. (1763). Ambassades de Messieurs de Noailles en Angleterre. Vol. 1. Leyden.

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