id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-465 Victor de Broglie (1785–1870) - Wikipedia .html text/html 3471 549 72 His father was guillotined in 1794, but his mother, the former Countess Sophie de Rosen (Paris 10 Mar 1764 – Paris 31 Oct 1828) managed to escape to Switzerland, where she remained until the fall of Robespierre.[2] She then returned to Paris with her children – three older daughters and one son[citation needed]– and lived there quietly until 1796, when she married the Marc-René-Voyer de Paulmy, marquis d'Argenson, grandson of Louis XV's minister of war.[2] On his grandfather's death in 1804, Victor de Broglie became the third duc de Broglie.[2] The July Revolution of 1830 placed him in a difficult position; he knew nothing of the intrigues which placed Louis Philippe on the throne; the revolution accomplished, however, he was ready to uphold the fait accompli with characteristic loyalty, and on 9 August 1830 took office in the new government as President of the Council and Minister of Public Worship and Education. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-465.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-465.txt