François Marie de Broglie, 1st Duke of Broglie (11 January 167122 May 1745) was a French Royal Army officer and diplomat.
Biography
Early years
François-Marie de Broglie was the third son of Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, named for his grandfather, François Marie. He entered the army at an early age, and had a varied career of active service before he was made, at the age of twenty-three, lieutenant-colonel of the king's regiment of cavalry.
Career
He served continuously in the War of the Spanish Succession and was present at Malplaquet. He was made lieutenant-general in 1710, and served with Villars in the last campaign of the war and at the Battle of Denain. During the peace he continued in military employment, and in 1719 he was made director-general of cavalry and dragoons. He was also employed in diplomatic missions and was ambassador in England in 1724.<br>
They had :
- Victor François de Broglie, 2nd Duke of Broglie (1718–1804), Marshal of France
- Charles François de Broglie, Marquis of Ruffec (1719–1781), diplomat
- François, Count of Revel (1720–1757), killed at the Battle of Rossbach
- Charles (1733–1777), Bishop of Noyon
- Marie-Thérèse (1732–1819), married Louis Charles de Lameth, mother of Charles and Alexandre Lameth.