Charles-Louis-Victor, prince de Broglie

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Charles-Louis-Victor, prince de Broglie (September 22, 1756 - June 27, 1794), was a French soldier.

Born 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 revolutionary opinions, served with La Fayette and Rochambeau in the American Revolution, was a member of the Jacobin Club, and sat in the Constituent Assembly, constantly voting on the Liberal side.

He served as chief of the staff to the Republican army on the Rhine, but during the Terror he was denounced, arrested, and guillotined at Paris on June 27, 1794.

Since the old duc de Broglie survived him, the prince de Broglie's eldest son, Victor, eventually became the fourth duc de Broglie. The prince's dying admonition to his little son was to remain faithful to the principles of the French Revolution, however unjust and ungrateful it seemed then to be.

This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain.