House of Broglie

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The House of Broglie (Template:IPAc-en,[1] also Template:IPAc-en;[2][3] Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".[4][5] or Script error: No such module "IPA".) is an old and distinguished French noble family, originally Piedmontese, who migrated to France in the year 1643.Template:Sfn Members of this family bore the title of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, granted to them in 1759 by Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor.

History

Template:Ill (Script error: No such module "IPA".) was the name of an old Piedmontese noble family, from which were descended the counts of Casalborgone, Mombello and Revello, and the lords of Arignano, Cortandone, Fontanetto Po, Chieri, Cocconato, Monale, Montaldo,[6] Pont Canavese and Santena.

The first reference to the name is dated 1245, mentioning one Ardizzone Broglia, father of Guglielmo, decurione of Chieri.[7]

The founder of the French de Broglie line was Francesco Maria, count of Revello, of the Broglia di Chieri family. Born in 1611 in Piedmont, he took service in the French army in the Thirty Years' War and was naturalized in France after 1643. He is now known as François-Marie, comte de Broglie. After distinguishing himself as a soldier, he died, a lieutenant-general, at the siege of Valenza on 2 July 1656.Template:Sfn

His son, Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie (1647–1727), served under Condé, Turenne and other great commanders of the age of Louis XIV. He became maréchal de camp in 1676, lieutenant-general in 1688, and finally marshal of France in 1724.Template:Sfn

His grandson, François-Marie, was made duc de Broglie and a peer of France in 1742. His great-grandson, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, was created Prince of the Holy Roman Empire in 1759 by Emperor Francis I.

All junior members of the House of Broglie bear the title of prince de Broglie, while the head of the family is the duc de Broglie. A junior line used the title of prince de Broglie-Revel, after one of its lordships.Template:Sfn

Louis, 7th duc de Broglie (1892–1987), a physicist and Nobel laureate, was one of the founders of quantum theory.

Family members

Comtes de Broglie

Ducs de Broglie

Other noteworthy family members

Notes

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  6. There are several places called Montaldo in Piedmont. None of the sources seems to say which one was associated with the Broglia family. The best that can be said is, that many of the Broglia holdings were near Turin, and that Montaldo Torinese both borders the Broglia holding of Chieri and seems to be the only Montaldo to contain a mediaeval castle
  7. C. Tenivelli, Biografia piemontese, III, Torino 1787. Luigi Cibrario, "Delle storie di Chieri", Librairie Dell'Accad delle Sc., 1827.
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References

Attribution
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