Noailles, Louis Marie Antoine, vicomte de
Louis Marie Antoine Noailles, vicomte de (lwē märē´ äN´twän´ vēkôNt´ də nōī´yə), 1756–1804, French general and statesman. During the American Revolution he fought with the marquis de Lafayette at Yorktown. As a member of the States-General he proposed (Aug. 4, 1789) the abolition of all titles and feudal privileges. When the French Revolution grew more radical, he emigrated to the United States. He later accepted a command under the vicomte de Rochambeau in Santo Domingo and was mortally wounded in battle.
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