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

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. Arms of the ducs de Broglie (dor à la croix ancrée dazur). ... Arms of the ducs de Broglie (dor à la croix ancrée dazur). ... The status of Peer of France was held by the greatest and highest-ranking of the French nobility. ... Piedmont is a region of northwestern Italy. ... Events January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. ... The Marshal of France (maréchal de France) was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France. ... Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... The Institut de France (French Institute) is a French learned society, grouping five académies, the most famous of which is probably the Académie française. ...

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. François-Marie, comte de Broglie (1 November 1611–2 July 1656) was a prominent soldier and commander in the Thirty Years War. ... A Norwegian soldier (a Corporal, armed with an MP-5) A soldier is a person who has enlisted with, or has been conscripted into, the armed forces of a sovereign country and has undergone training and received equipment to defend that country or its interests. ... For article about famous philosopher and sociologist, see Auguste Comte Comte is a title of French nobility. ... François-Marie de Broglie, later 1st duc de Broglie (11 January 1671–22 May 1745), the third son of Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, was a French military leader. ... Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ...

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").

Comtes de Broglie

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

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Ducs de Broglie (1742)

• François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie (1671-1745), marshal of France
• 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)

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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

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Place in Strasbourg

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Sources

• An Online Gotha: Broglie (http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/broglie.html)

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