François-Marie de Broglie

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François-Marie de Broglie (1671-1745)

François-Marie de Broglie, 1st Duke de Broglie (pronunciation of the name like French breuil ) (born January 11, 1671 in Paris , † May 22, 1745 ) was a French general, Marshal of France .

His father Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie (1647-1727) was also Marshal of France, his mother was his wife Marie de Lamoignon (1645-1733).

Life and accomplishments

François-Marie de Broglie took part in all campaigns in Germany, Italy and Flanders from 1689 onwards, and in 1714 became governor of Mont-Dauphin and general director of the cavalry and in 1724 plenipotentiary of London.

Recalled in 1731, he was assigned to Villars' army in Italy in 1733 , over which he was appointed Marshal in 1734 and was given supreme command alongside Marshal Coigny . He fought with this the victories in the battle of Parma and the battle of Guastalla .

After the peace he received the governorate in Alsace and fought in the War of the Austrian Succession under Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet de Belle-Isle , with whom he took Prague on November 26, 1741 , and which he later followed in the high command of the Bohemian Army. In 1742 he was made 1st Duke of Broglie. But he fell out of favor because he led the weakened army back across the Rhine against the wishes of the court, and retired to his possessions, which had been elevated to the Duchy of Broglie by the Barony Ferrières, where he died on May 22, 1745. Heir to the ducal title was his son Victor-François de Broglie .

family

On February 18, 1716 he married in Saint-Malo Thérese Locquet de Granville (* March 11, 1692, † May 1763). The couple had the following children:

  • Victor François (Duke of Broglie, Imperial Prince from 1759) (born October 19, 1718 - † March 30, 1804)
⚭ May 2, 1736 Marie Anne du Bois de Villiers (* 1720 - December 13, 1751)
⚭ in Vaux de Cernay April 11, 1752 Louise Crozat Baroness de Thiers (* October 25, 1733 - † May 8, 1813)
  • Charles Comte de Broglie, Marquis de Ruffec, (* August 20, 1719 - † August 16, 1781) ⚭ March 21, 1759 Louise Augustine de Montmorency (* January 3, 1735 - † January 13, 1817)
  • François Comte de Revel (September 27, 1720 - November 6, 1757) ⚭ September 4, 1752 Anastasie Jeanne Thérese Savalette (1732 - November 19, 1758)
  • Charles Bishop of Noyon , cardinal from 1757 (* November 18, 1733; † September 20, 1777)
  • Marie Charlotte Therese (born February 20, 1726) died young
  • Marie Thérèse, (* May 11, 1732; † May 9, 1819) ⚭ December 13, 1751 Charles Comte de Lameth (* October 20, 1723; † May 12, 1761)

See also

Broglie (family)

personal data
SURNAME Broglie, François-Marie de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French general, Marshal of France
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1671
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1745