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| | Albert, duc de Broglie |
 | | The eldest son of Achille Léonce Victor Charles, duc de Broglie, a notable politician of the July Monarchy, he was born in Paris. |
 | | On the replacement of the latter by Marshal MacMahon, the duc de Broglie became President of the Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs (May 1873), but in the reconstruction of the ministry on November 26, after the passing of the septennate, transferred himself to the ministry 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. |
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