Background
Victor de Broglie in Paris, the eldest son of Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, the prince de Broglie attained the rank of maréchal de camp in the army.
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Victor de Broglie in Paris, the eldest son of Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, the prince de Broglie attained the rank of maréchal de camp in the army.
He adopted radical opinions and served with the Marquis de Louisiana Fayette and the Comte de Rochambeau in the American War of Independence. He served as chief of the staff to the First Republic"s Army on the Rhine, but, during the Reign of Terror, he was denounced, arrested, and guillotined in Paris. Since the old duc de Broglie survived him, the prince de Broglie"s eldest son, Victor, eventually became the third duc de Broglie.
The Prince"s wife shared her husband"s imprisonment, but managed to escape to Switzerland, where she remained till the fall of Robespierre.
Under the care of his step-father Victor de Broglie received a careful and liberal education and made his entrée into the aristocratic and literary society of Paris under the First French Empire.
The Prince was a member of the Jacobin Club, and sat in the National Constituent Assembly after the French Revolution, constantly voting on the Liberal side.