House of Broglie

Coat of Arms of the House of Broglie

The House of Broglie (French: Maison de Broglie, pronounced [də bʁœj]  ( listen)) is the name of a noble French family, originally Piedmontese, who emigrated to France in the year 1643. The family patriarch, François-Marie created for himself the title of Comte de Broglie. After already having distinguished himself as a soldier, and died, as a lieutenant-general, at the siege of Valenza on the 2 July 1656.

His son, Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie (1647–1727), served under Condé, Turenne and other great commanders of the age of Louis XIV, becoming marechal de camp in 1676, lieutenant-general in 1688, and finally marshal of France in 1724.

The title Duc de Broglie was a French peerage belonging to a family of Piedmontese origin, which emigrated to France in the year 1643. The family counts among its members three marshals of France, a Nobel Prize laureate, several members of the Institut de France, and descendants of the Rothschild family.

His grandson, François-Marie, was made duc de Broglie and a peer of France in 1742.

Family members

Junior members of the family bear the title Prince de Broglie.

Comtes de Broglie

• François-Marie, comte de Broglie, soldier
• Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, marshal of France

Ducs de Broglie

• François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie (1671–1745), marshal of France and governor of Strasbourg
• Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie (1718–1804), marshal of France
• Victor, 3rd duc de Broglie (1785–1870), statesman and diplomat, member of the Académie française
• Albert, 4th duc de Broglie (1821–1901), politician and writer, member of the Académie française
• Victor, 5th duc de Broglie (1846–1906)
• Maurice, 6th duc de Broglie (1875–1960), physicist, member of the Académie française and the Académie des sciences
• Louis, 7th duc de Broglie (1892–1987), physicist and Nobel laureate, member of the Académie française and the Académie des sciences
• Victor-François, 8th duc de Broglie (born 1949)

Other noteworthy family members

• Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec (1719–1781), soldier and diplomat
• Charles-Louis-Victor, prince de Broglie (1756–1794), soldier
• Jean de Broglie (1921–1976), assassinated politician
• Gabriel de Broglie (born 1931), historian and statesman, member of the Académie française

References

• An Online Gotha: Broglie
• This article incorporates text from the article "De Broglie" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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