Albert, 4e duke de Broglie

Alternate title: Jacques-Victor-Albert, 4e duc de Broglie

Albert, 4e duke de Broglie,  (born June 13, 1821Paris—died Jan. 19, 1901, Paris), French statesman and man of letters who served twice as head of the government during the early crucial years of the Third French Republic but failed to prepare the way for the return of a king.

After a brief diplomatic career at Madrid and Rome, Broglie withdrew from public life at the Revolution of 1848. He had already published a translation of the religious system of Leibniz (1846). He contributed to the Revue des Deux Mondes and to the Orleanist and clerical organ Le Correspondant. He was elected to the Académie ... (100 of 357 words)

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