BROGLIE, DE, the name of a noble French family which, originally Piedmontese, emigrated to France in the year The head of the family, FRANe0IS MARIE (1611-56), then took the title of comte de Broglie. He had already distinguished self as a soldier, and died, as a lieutenant-general, at the siege of Valenza on July 2, 1656. His son, VICTOR MAURICE, COMTE DE