father philippe de noailles
___MASK1___ , 4th Duke of Noailles ( 21 April 1713 in Versailles  22 August 1793 in Saint - Germain - en - Laye ) was a French peer and Marshal of France . He was the son of Françoise Charlotte d ' Aubigné , niece of Madame de Maintenon , and a nephew of Marie Victoire de Noailles , daughter - in - law of Louis XIV of France . Françoise Charlotte Amable d ' Aubigné , Duchess of Noailles ( 5 May 1684  6 October 1739 ) was the wife of ___MASK34___ , 3rd Duke of Noailles . She was the niece of Françoise d ' Aubigné , Madame de Maintenon , and her heiress . France , officially the French Republic , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . Overseas France ___MASK17___ French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . France spans and had a total population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017 . It is a unitary semi - presidential republic with the capital in Paris , the country ' s largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban centres ___MASK17___ Marseille , Lyon , Lille , Nice , Toulouse and Bordeaux . Paris ( French : ) is the capital and most populous city of France . It has an area of and a population in 2013 of 2 , 229 , 621 within its administrative limits . The city is both a commune and department , and forms the centre and headquarters of the Île - de - France , or Paris Region , which has an area of and a population in 2014 of 12 , 005 , 077 , comprising 18 . 2 percent of the population of France . Philippe de Noailles , comte de Noailles and later prince de Poix , duc de Mouchy , and duc de Poix à brevêt ( 27 December 1715 in Paris -- 27 June 1794 in Paris ) , was a younger brother of ___MASK1___ , and a more distinguished soldier than his brother . He was the son of Françoise Charlotte d ' Aubigné , niece of Madame de Maintenon . " Marie Victoire " Sophie de Noailles , Countess of Toulouse ( Versailles , 6 May 1688  Paris , 30 September 1766 ), was the daughter of ___MASK64___ , the 2nd Duke of Noailles , and his wife , Marie - Françoise de Bournonville . Her second husband was Louis Alexandre de Bourbon , Count of Toulouse , the youngest legitimised son of King ___MASK91___ and his maîtresse - en - titre , Madame de Montespan .