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Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie

1718 - 1804

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Victor François de Broglie, 2nd Duke of Broglie (19 October 1718 – 30 March 1804) was a French army officer. He served with his father, François Marie de Broglie, 1st Duke of Broglie, at Parma and Guastalla, and in 1734 obtained a colonelcy. In the War of the Austrian Succession, he took part in the storming of Prague in 1742, and was made a brigadier. In 1744 and 1745 he saw further service on the Rhine, and he succeeded his father as 2nd duc de Broglie on the old duke's death in 1745. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie is the 6,479th most popular politician (up from 6,761st in 2019), the 1,863rd most popular biography from France (up from 2,000th in 2019) and the 449th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie ranks 6,479 out of 19,576. Before him are Claude Françoise de Lorraine, Patriarch Filaret of Moscow, Sabium, William II, Duke of Bavaria, Bushra al-Assad, and Michael of Chernigov. After him are Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Gundemar, Elpidio Quirino, Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza, Emperor Go-Murakami, and Andronikos Doukas Angelos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie ranks 10. Before him are Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Alexander Roslin, Thomas Chippendale, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Anna Leopoldovna, and George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney. After him are Jacob Christian Schäffer, Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, John Canton, Antoine de Chézy, and Nikita Ivanovich Panin. Among people deceased in 1804, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie ranks 17. Before him are Jean-Charles Pichegru, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Jazzar Pasha, Princess Carolina of Parma, Antoine Baumé, and Martin Vahl. After him are Johann Adam Hiller, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Antonio José Cavanilles, 8th Dalai Lama, Carlo Allioni, and Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre.

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In France

Among people born in France, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie ranks 1,863 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Borotra (1898), Claude Brasseur (1936), Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915), Henri Grégoire (1750), Louis de Beaufront (1855), and Claude Françoise de Lorraine (1612). After him are Charles Paul de Kock (1793), Jean Picard (1620), Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan (1933), Yo-Yo Ma (1955), Léon Cogniet (1794), and Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie ranks 449. Before him are Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (1213), Nicolas Catinat (1637), Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry (1446), Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915), Henri Grégoire (1750), and Claude Françoise de Lorraine (1612). After him are Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan (1933), Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro (1944), Pierre-Jules Hetzel (1814), Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud (1753), Jean-Baptiste Carrier (1756), and Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (1604).

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