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Albert, duc de Broglie
Albert, 4th duc de Broglie
In office
May 25, 1873 – May 22, 1874
Preceded by Jules Dufaure
Succeeded by Ernest Courtot de Cissey
In office
May 17, 1877 – November 23, 1877
Preceded by Jules Simon
Succeeded by Gaëtan de Rochebouët
Born 13 June 1821
Died 19 January 1901
Political party None

Jacques-Victor-Albert, 4th duc de Broglie (13 June 1821 – 19 January 1901), was a French monarchist politician.

The third child and eldest son of Victor, 3rd duc de Broglie, a notable liberal statesman of the July Monarchy, he was born in Paris. On June 18, 1845, he married Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825 – 1860) in Paris. Their children were:

He died in Paris on January 19, 1901, aged 79.

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After a brief diplomatic career at Madrid and Rome, the revolution of 1848 caused Albert de Broglie to withdraw from public life and devote himself to literature. He had already published a translation of the religious system of Leibniz (1846). He now at once made his mark by his contributions to the Revue des deux mondes and the Orleanist and clerical organ Le Correspondant. These, and other contributions, brought him the succession to Lacordaire's seat in the Académie française in 1862, joining his father in this august society.

In 1870 he succeeded his father as duc de Broglie, having previously been known as the prince de Broglie. In the following year he was elected to the National Assembly for the département of the Eure, and a few days later (on 19 February) was appointed ambassador in London.

In March 1872, however, in consequence of criticisms of his negotiations concerning the commercial treaties between Britain and France, he resigned his post and took his seat in the Assembly, where he became the leading spirit of the monarchical campaign against President Thiers.

On the replacement of the latter by Marshal Mac-Mahon, the duc de Broglie became President of the Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs (May 1873), but in the reconstruction of the ministry on 26 November, after the passing of the septennate, transferred himself to become the Minister of the Interior. His tenure of office was marked by an extreme conservatism, which roused the bitter hatred of the Republicans, while he alienated the Legitimist party by his friendly relations with the Bonapartists, and the Bonapartists by an attempt to effect a compromise between the rival claimants to the monarchy.

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 new chamber more favorable to the reactionaries than its predecessor had been. The result, however, was a decisive Republican majority. The duc de Broglie was defeated in his own district, and resigned office on 20 November. Defeated in 1885, he abandoned politics and reverted to his historical work, publishing a series of historical studies and biographies.

Besides editing the Souvenirs of his father (1886, etc.), the Mémoires of Talleyrand (1891, etc.), and the Letters of the Duchess Albertine de Broglie (1896), he published 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, translated by Margaret Maitland in the series of The Saints (1899).

Preceded by
Victor, 3rd duc de Broglie		 Duke of Broglie
1870-1901		 Succeeded by
Victor, 5th duc de Broglie
Preceded by
Jules Dufaure		 Prime Minister of France
1873 – 1874		 Succeeded by
Ernest Courtot de Cissey
Preceded by
Comte de Rémusat		 Minister of Foreign Affairs
1873		 Succeeded by
Louis Decazes
Preceded by
Charles Beulé		 Minister of the Interior
1873 – 1874		 Succeeded by
Oscar Bardi de Fourtou
Preceded by
Jules Simon		 Prime Minister of France
1877		 Succeeded by
Gaëtan de Rochebouët
Preceded by
Louis Martel		 Minister of Justice
1877		 Succeeded by
François Le Pelletier
Preceded by
Henri Lacordaire		 Seat 18
Académie française
1862 - 1901		 Succeeded by
Melchior de Vogüé
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