Albert de Broglie
Jacques-Victor-Albert, 4th Duke de Broglie [ də ˈbrɔj ] (born June 13, 1821 in Paris , † January 19, 1901 ibid) was a French historian, publicist and statesman from the family of the Dukes de Broglie .
Life
Albert, eldest son of the Minister Victor de Broglie, 3rd Duke de Broglie , started his journalistic career at a very young age, wrote various articles in the “ Revue des Deux Mondes ” and was one of the main editors of the “Correspondant” for a while . In his writings he showed himself to be an opponent of extremes and at the same time defended Catholic interests and the principles of constitutional liberalism. As the successor to the theologian Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire , de Broglie was accepted into the Académie française in 1862 ( armchair 18 ).
Elected to the National Assembly in the elections of February 8, 1871 , he received the post of ambassador in London from Adolphe Thiers on February 19 , where he unsuccessfully appealed to British mediation to moderate the peace conditions with Prussia and represented France at the Pontus Conference in March. But he was less diplomatic than political for a restoration of the kingship and the merger of the Bourbons and Orléans.
When Thiers therefore recalled him from London in May 1872 and declared himself more and more resolutely in favor of the republic, Broglie brought about his overthrow at the head of the monarchists on May 24, 1873 and stepped himself to the head of the new government, in which he was in addition to the presidency Foreign Ministry took over to establish order and bring about the accession of Henry V with the Orléans as heir to the throne.
When this plan failed, Broglie went into the establishment of the septnate in November and took over the interior department in addition to the chairmanship of the newly formed government on November 26th. He ruled reactionary and clerical, but could not win the favor of the Legitimists and was overthrown by them on May 22nd, 1874, when they rejected his request that the constitutional laws first advise the electoral law.
Through his agreement with the Bonapartists , whose protégé Thiers once accused him of being with cutting scorn, and through the breakdown of his financial situation, he damaged his reputation as well as through his wicked ambition. He was therefore only elected to the Senate in a by-election in 1876 . He was the leader of the reactionary parties that the Republic refused to be secure, set in 1877 at MacMahon 's sudden dismissal Simons by and entered on May 17, again at the head of government ( Cabinet Broglie III ), in which he the Chair and the Ministry of Justice took over.
This government wrote the fight against radical principles on its banner and used all the means of the empire to obtain a docile chamber through new elections. This failed, Broglie was not elected in his own department and was dismissed on November 20, 1877.
With that his political role was played out for a long time. He now devoted himself again to the studies and published the work on his great-uncle, Charles-François de Broglie , based on family papers ; also the works very partisan to Prussia: "Frédéric II et Marie-Thérèse" (Paris 1882, 2 volumes; German by Schwebel, Minden 1883) and "Frédéric II et Louis XV" (1884).
family
The Duke married Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825–1860) in Paris in 1845, with whom he had the following children:
- Louis Alphonse Victor (1846–1906), 5th duc de Broglie
- Maurice (1848-1862)
- Amédée (1849–1917) ⚭ 1875 Marie Charlotte Constance Say
- François Marie Albert (1851–1939) ⚭ 1884 Jeanne Emeline Cabot de Dampmartin
His second son, Emmanuel (* 1854), wrote: Le fils de Louis XV, Louis, dauphin de France (1877).
Honors
- 1845 Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
Fonts (selection)
- L'Église et l'Empire romain au IV. Siècle . Paris 1856–1869 (3 sections in 6 volumes, some of which have been published several times)
- Études morales et littéraires . Michel Lévy, Paris 1853.
- Questions de religion et d'histoire . Michel Lévy, Paris 1860 (2 volumes)
- Nouvelles études de litterature et de morale . Michel Lévy, Paris 1868.
Remarks
- ^ A History of the Government of Constantine from the Orthodox Catholic Point of View.
Web links
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Charles de Rémusat |
Foreign Minister of France May 25, 1873 to November 26, 1873 |
Louis Decazes, duc de Glucksberg |
| Charles Beulé |
Minister of the Interior of France November 26, 1873 to May 22, 1874 |
Oscar Bardi de Fourtou |
| Louis Martel |
Minister of Justice of France May 17, 1877 to November 23, 1877 |
François Lepelletier |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Broglie, Albert de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Broglie, Jacques-Victor-Albert duc de (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French historian, publicist and statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 1901 |
| Place of death | Paris |