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.
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: /brj/ (as French breuil).
Comtes de Broglie
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)
Other noteworthy family members
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This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
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