Catherine de Cossé

Catherine de Cossé (Catherine Françoise Charlotte; 13 January 1724 – 22 July 1794) was a French noblewoman born into the^{[clarification needed]} She was arrested during the French Revolution, charged with treason and executed by guillotine in Paris. She was the paternal grandmother of Marie Adrienne de Noailles, Marquise de La Fayette^[2]

Catherine de Cossé^[1]
Duchess of Noailles
Full name	Catherine Françoise Charlotte de Cossé
Born	(1724-01-13)13 January 1724 Paris, France
Died	22 July 1794(1794-07-22) (aged 70) executed in Paris
Spouse(s)	Louis de Noailles (25 February 1737)
Issue	Jean, Duke of Noailles Adrienne Catherine, Countess of Tessé Emmanuel Marie Louis, Marqius of Noailles Philippine Louise, Duchess of Lesparre
Father	Charles Timoléon Louis de Cossé, 6th Duke of Brissac
Mother	Catherine Madeleine Pecoil

Marriage

On 25 February 1737, she married Louis de Noailles, then styled the Duke of Ayen (duc d'Ayen) as heir to the more senior Dukedom of Noailles.

Children

1. Jean de Noailles, 5th Duke of Noailles (26 October 1739 – 20 October 1824)
2. Adrienne Catherine de Noailles (24 December 1741 – December 1813) married René de Froulay, Count of Tessé and last Marquis of Lavardin
3. Emmanuel Marie de Noailles, Marquis of Noailles (12 December 1743 – September 1822) never married
4. Philippine Louise de Noailles (1745–1791) married Louis Antoine Armand de Gramont, Duke of Lesparre

Titles

• 13 January 1724 – 25 February 1737 — Mademoiselle de Brissac^[3]
• 25 February 1737 – 24 June 1766 — The Duchess of Ayen.
• 24 June 1766 – 22 August 1793 — The Duchess of Noailles.

References

1. Christophe Levantal, Ducs et pairs et duchés-pairies laïques à l'époque moderne : (1519-1790), Paris 1996, p 821-822
2. Maurois, André (1961). Adrienne; ou, La vie de Madame de La Fayette. Hachette
3. Édouard de Barthélemy, Nouvelles de la cour et de la ville, 1879, pp 134