Albert de Broglie, 4th Duke of Broglie
Albert de Broglie | |
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Jules Dufaure | |
Succeeded by | Ernest Courtot de Cissey |
Personal details | |
Born | Paris , Seine , Kingdom of France | 13 June 1821
Died | 19 January 1901 Paris , Seine , Third Republic of France | (aged 79)
Political party | Orléanist |
Albert de Broglie, 4th
Broglie twice served as Prime Minister of France, first from May 1873 to May 1874, and again from May to November 1877.
Biography
Jacques Victor Albert de Broglie was born in Paris, France, the eldest son of
After a brief diplomatic career at
In 1870 he succeeded his father as the 4th
When Thiers was replaced by
The result was the fall of the cabinet on 16 May 1874. Three years later (on 16 May 1877) he was entrusted with the formation of a new Cabinet, with the object of appealing to the country and securing a conservative majority in the chamber. While the conservatives increased their share of the vote, the election nevertheless confirmed a decisive Republican majority. De Broglie was defeated in his own constituency and resigned on 20 November.
Defeated again in 1885, he abandoned politics and reverted to his historical work, publishing a series of historical studies and biographies. He died in Paris on 19 January 1901, aged 79.[4]
1st Ministry (25 May – 26 November 1873)
Portfolio | Holder | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
Vice-President of the Council of Ministers | Albert de Broglie | Royalist | |
Ministers | |||
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Albert de Broglie | Royalist | |
Minister of the Interior | Charles Beulé | Royalist | |
Minister of Justice | Jean Ernoul | Royalist | |
Minister of Finance
|
Pierre Magne | Royalist | |
Minister of War | General François Charles du Barail
|
Bonapartiste
| |
Minister of the Navy and Colonies
|
Admiral Charles de Dompierre d'Hornoy | None | |
Minister of Public Education, Fine Arts and Worship | Anselme Batbie | None | |
Minister of Public Works | Alfred Deseilligny | Royalist | |
Minister of Agricolture and Commerce | Marie Roullet de La Bouillerie | Royalist |
2nd Ministry (26 November 1873 – 22 May 1874)
Portfolio | Holder | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
Vice-President of the Council of Ministers | Albert de Broglie | Royalist | |
Ministers | |||
Minister of the Interior | Albert de Broglie | Royalist | |
Minister of Justice | Octave Depeyre | Royalist | |
Minister of Finance
|
Pierre Magne | Royalist | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Louis Decazes | Royalist | |
Minister of War | General François Charles du Barail
|
Bonapartiste
| |
Minister of the Navy and Colonies
|
Admiral Charles de Dompierre d'Hornoy | None | |
Minister of Public Education, Fine Arts and Worship | Oscar Bardi de Fourtou | Royalist | |
Minister of Public Works | Charles de Larcy | Royalist | |
Minister of Agricolture and Commerce | Alfred Deseilligny | Royalist |
3rd Ministry (17 May – 23 November 1877)
Portfolio | Holder | Party | |
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President of the Council of Ministers | Albert de Broglie | Royalist | |
Ministers | |||
Minister of Justice | Albert de Broglie | Royalist | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Louis Decazes | Royalist | |
Minister of the Interior | Oscar Bardi de Fourtou | Royalist | |
Minister of Finance
|
Eugène Caillaux | Royalist | |
Minister of War | Brig. Gen. Jean Auguste Berthaut | None | |
Minister of the Navy and Colonies
|
Vice Admiral Albert Gicquel des Touches | None | |
Minister of Public Education, Fine Arts and Worship | Joseph Brunet | Royalist | |
Minister of Public Works | Auguste Paris | Royalist | |
Minister of Agricolture and Commerce | Alfred de Meaux | Royalist |
Bibliography
De Broglie edited:[4]
- The Souvenirs of his father (1886, etc.)
- The Mémoires de Talleyrand (1891, etc.)
- Letters of the Duchess Albertine de Broglie (1896)
He published:[4]
- Le Secret du roi, Correspondance secrète de Louis XV avec ses agents diplomatiques, 1752–1774 (1878)
- Frédéric II et Marie Thérèse (1883)
- Frédéric II et Louis XV (1885)
- Marie Thérèse Impératrice (1888)
- Le Père Lacordaire (1889)
- Maurice de Saxe et le marquis d'Argenson (1891)
- La Paix d'Aix-la-Chapelle (1892)
- L'Alliance autrichienne (1895)
- La Mission de M. de Gontaut-Biron à Berlin (1896)
- Voltaire avant et pendant la Guerre de Sept Ans (1898)
- Saint Ambroise (trans., Margaret Maitland in the series, The Saints) (1899)
He wrote
Family
On 18 June 1845, styled Prince de Broglie, he married Joséphine-Eléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825–1860).[6]
They had the following children:
- Nobel Laureate.
- Maurice (1848 – 1862)
- Henri-Amédée(1849 – 1917)
- François-Marie-Albert (1851 – 1939) great-grandfather of the 8th duke, Victor-François, 8th duc de Broglie(1949 – 2012).
- César-Paul-Emmanuel (1854 – 1926)
Honours and titles
Notes
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911, p. 627.
- ISBN 978-1-909254-98-5.
- ^ Chisholm 1911, pp. 627, 628.
- ^ a b c d e Chisholm 1911, p. 628.
- ^ Wikisource. – via
- ISBN 0-8109-6536-4.
References
- Attribution
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Broglie, de s.v. Jacques Victor Albert, Duc de Broglie". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 626–628. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
Further reading
- Lebars, Jean (1907). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company. . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.).
- "Les Immortels: Albert de Broglie" (in French). Académie française. 2009. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2009.