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Victor-François, 2nd duke de Broglie
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Victor-François, 2nd duke de Broglie

marshal of France
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Born:
Oct. 19, 1718
Died:
March 30, 1814, Münster, Westphalia [Germany] (aged 95)
House / Dynasty:
Broglie family

Victor-François, 2nd duke de Broglie (born Oct. 19, 1718—died March 30, 1814, Münster, Westphalia [Germany]) was a marshal of France under Louis XV and Louis XVI, who became one of the émigrés during the French Revolution. He served with his father, the first duke, in Italy and took part, during the War of the Austrian Succession, in the storming of Prague (1741) and in the campaigns on the Rhine (1744–45) and in the Netherlands (1747). During the Seven Years’ War, his victory over Ferdinand of Brunswick at Bergen (near Frankfurt) in 1759 won him the rank of marshal of France ...(100 of 156 words)

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