Liberal Doctrinaire, July Monarchy prime minister and one of the Party of Order's "Burgraves", who moved the revision of 1851
Born in Paris in 1785, he lost his father to the guillotine and became the third Duke of Broglie in 1804. A peer from 1814, he alone of the peers voted for Marshal Ney's acquittal. He married Madame de Staël's daughter; their son Albert later became prime minister. A liberal Doctrinaire with Guizot, he was president of the council in 1830 and 1835–1836 and foreign minister from 1832 to 1834. Elected for the Eure in 1849, he was one of the "Burgraves" and fought both socialism and the coming autocracy. In July 1851 he moved the revision of the constitution, which failed for want of the required majority. After the coup he left politics and remained one of the bitterest enemies of the Second Empire.
Also known as: Victor, 3rd Duke of Broglie
Activities and affiliations
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1809–1814
Consulate and First Empire state institutionsCouncil of State; diplomatic attaché
Diplomacy and international organization -
1814–1830
French monarchy state institutionsPeer of France
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1830–1836
France state institutionsPresident of the CouncilHeads of state and government of FranceMain
Government and administration -
1832–1834
France state institutionsMinister of Foreign Affairs
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1847–1848
France state institutionsAmbassador in London
Diplomacy and international organization -
1849–1851
France state institutionsRepresentative for the Eure
Legislature and state representation
Career Timeline
- 1809Member of the Council of State
- 1814Peer of France
- 1830President of the Council; Minister of Worship and Education
- 1832–1834Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1835–1836President of the Council
- 1847Ambassador in London
- 1849–1851Representative for the Eure
- 1855Elected to the Académie française