Albert de Broglie, 4th Duke of Broglie

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Albert de Broglie
Jules Dufaure
Succeeded byErnest Courtot de Cissey
Personal details
Born(1821-06-13)13 June 1821
Paris , Seine , Kingdom of France
Died19 January 1901(1901-01-19) (aged 79)
Paris , Seine , Third Republic of France
Political partyOrléanist
Arms
de Broglie

Albert de Broglie, 4th

monarchist
politician, diplomat and writer (of historical works and translations).

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

Madame de Staël. He was therefore the great-grandson of Jacques Necker.[2]

After a brief diplomatic career at

Académie française in 1862, joining his father in this august society.[1]

In 1870 he succeeded his father as the 4th

French Ambassador to London.[3] After his negotiations concerning the commercial treaties between Britain and France were met with criticism he resigned as ambassador in March 1872 and took his seat in the Assembly, where he became the leader of the royalist campaign against President Thiers.[4]

When Thiers was replaced by

Foreign Minister in May 1873. On 26 November, after the passing of the Septennate, the government was restructured and Broglie exchanged the Foreign with the Interior Ministry. His conservative policies roused the bitter hatred of the Republicans, while his attempts to reach a compromise between the rival claimants to the monarchy alienated both the Legitimists and the Bonapartists.[4]

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
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

Revue des Deux Mondes between 1925 and 1929,[5] and collected in book format in 1938, with a postface by his grandson the 6th Duke: — (c. 1895). Mémoires (in French). Paris: Calmann-Lévy
(published 1938). 2 vol.

Family

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
.

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

  • Duke of France (succeeded as 4th Duke of Broglie 1870)
  • Légion d'honneur
    (1845)

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Political offices
Preceded by
Comte de Rémusat
Minister of Foreign Affairs

1873
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Jules Dufaure
Prime Minister of France
1873–1874
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Charles Beulé
Minister of the Interior
1873–1874
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Justice
1877
Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of France
1877
Succeeded by
French nobility
Preceded by Duke of Broglie
1870–1901
Succeeded by