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{{Short description|French Army officer and politician (1756–1794)}}
{{For|other people with a similar name|Victor de Broglie (disambiguation){{!}}Victor de Broglie|}}
[[File:Charles Toussaint Labadye - Louis-Victor de Broglie (1756-1794), en 1790.png|thumb|Memorial of Charles Toussaint Labadye - Victor de Broglie]]

'''Victor de Broglie, Prince of Broglie''' (22 September 1756 – 27 June 1794) was a [[French Army]] officer and politician who was executed by [[guillotine]] during the [[French Revolution]].

==Biography==
Victor de Broglie was born in [[Paris]], the eldest son of [[Victor François de Broglie, 2nd Duke of Broglie]], who had attained the rank of ''[[maréchal de camp]]'' in the [[French Royal Army]]. Victor adopted radical opinions and served with the [[Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette|Marquis de La Fayette]] and the [[Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau|Comte de Rochambeau]] in the [[American War of Independence]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=627}}

The prince was a member of the [[Jacobin Club]], and sat in the [[National Constituent Assembly (France)|National Constituent Assembly]] after the [[French Revolution]], constantly voting on the [[Liberalism|Liberal]] side. He served as chief of the staff to the [[First French Republic|First Republic]]'s [[French Revolutionary Army|Army on the Rhine]], but, during the [[Reign of Terror]], he was denounced, arrested, and [[guillotine]]d in Paris.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=627}}

Since the old duc de Broglie survived him, the prince de Broglie's eldest son, [[Victor, 3rd duc de Broglie|Victor]], eventually became the third [[duc de Broglie]]. The prince's dying admonition to his little son was to remain faithful to the principles of the Revolution, however unjust and ungrateful it seemed then to be.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=627}}

==Family==
The prince's wife shared her husband's imprisonment, but managed to escape to Switzerland, where she remained till the fall of [[Robespierre]]. She then returned to Paris with her children and lived there quietly until 1796, when she married [[Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1771–1842)|Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson]], grandson of the [[Marc-Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson|Comte d'Argenson]] (minister of war during the reign of [[Louis XV]]). 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]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=627}}

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{EB1911|wstitle=Broglie, de|volume=4|pages=626–628}}

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