François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie

François -Marie de Broglie, 1st Duke de Broglie (contrary to the correct pronunciation of the name Broglie as French breuil the name of the named after François -Marie de Broglie place Broglie in Strasbourg is pronounced as French brogli by residents ) (* January 11, 1671 in Paris, † May 22, 1745 ) was a French military leader, Marshal of France.

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

Life and achievements

François -Marie de Broglie took since 1689 in all the campaigns in Germany, Italy and Flanders, 1714 Governor of Mont -Dauphin and General of Cavalry in 1724 and authorized representative to London.

1731 recalled, he was assigned in 1733 as a Lieutenant General Villars ' army in Italy, over which he in 1734, elevated to Marshal, Marshal next Coigny received the supreme command. He takes with him the victory of Parma and Guastalla.

After the peace he received the province of Alsace and fought in the Austrian War of Succession under Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet de Belle- Isle, with which he occupied Prague on 26 November 1741 and he followed in the High Command of the Bohemian army later. In 1742 he was raised to the 1st Duke of Broglie. But he fell from grace because he attributed the weakened army against the wishes of the court over the Rhine, and retired to his shortly before the Duchy Broglie raised barony of Ferrieres, where he died on 22 May 1745. Heritage of 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 ( de Broglie, 1759 from Imperial Prince ) (* October 19, 1718, † March 30, 1804 )

• Charles Comte de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, ( born August 20, 1719 † August 16, 1781 ) ∞ March 21, 1759 Louise de Montmorency Augustine (* January 3, 1735; † January 13, 1817 )
• François Comte de Revel ( born September 27, 1720 † November 6, 1757 ) ∞ September 4, 1752 Anastasie Jeanne Thérese Savalette (* 1732, † November 19, 1758 )
• Charles Bishop of Noyon, from 1757 cardinal (* November 18, 1733, † September 20, 1777 )
• Marie Therese Charlotte ( born February 20, 1726) died young
• Marie Thérèse, ( born May 11, 1732 † May 9, 1819 ) ∞ December 13, 1751 Charles Comte de Lameth (* August 20, 1723, † March 12, 1761 )