Duke of Broglie

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Arms of the ducs de Broglie (or, a saltire anchory azure)

Disambiguation: For the physicist, see Louis de Broglie

The title of 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, and several members of the Institut de France.

The head of the family, François-Marie, a soldier, took the title of comte de Broglie after arriving in France. His grandson, also named François-Marie, was created duc de Broglie and a peer of France in 1742.

Junior members of the family have the title of prince de Broglie.

The family name, on account of its Italian origin, has an unusual pronunciation: /brœj/ (as French breuil, close to "broy").

Contents

1 Comtes de Broglie
2 Ducs de Broglie (since
3 Other noteworthy family members
4 Place in Strasbourg
5 Sources

Comtes de Broglie

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

Ducs de Broglie (since

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 (b. 1931), historian and statesman, member of the Académie française

Place in Strasbourg

Place Broglie is a square in Strasbourg, where the old city hall and the Opéra National du Rhin are located.

Sources

[An Online Gotha: Broglie]

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