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Victor, 3 duke de Broglie

French politician
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Also known as: Achille-Charles-Léonce-Victor, 3e duc de Broglie
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Born:
Nov. 28, 1785, Paris
Died:
Jan. 25, 1870, Paris (aged 84)
Political Affiliation:
Doctrinaires
House / Dynasty:
Broglie family
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Victor, 3e duke de Broglie (born Nov. 28, 1785, Paris—died Jan. 25, 1870, Paris) was a French politician, diplomat, and, from 1835 to 1836, prime minister, who throughout his life campaigned against reactionary forces. Taken into the imperial council of state as auditeur in 1809, Broglie was sent by Napoleon on diplomatic missions to various countries as attaché. In June 1814, under the First Restoration, he was included in Louis XVIII’s Chamber of Peers. There, after the Hundred Days, he distinguished himself by his courageous defense of Marshal Ney, for whose acquittal he, alone of all the peers, both spoke ...(100 of 374 words)

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