deaths
March 30, 1804
Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (born 1718)
Victor François de Broglie, 2nd Duke of Broglie
Victor François de Broglie, 2nd Duke of Broglie was a French army officer. He served with his father, François Marie de Broglie, 1st Duke of Broglie, at Parma and Guastalla, and in 1734 obtained a colonelcy.
Secretary of State for War (France)
The Secretary of State for War, later Secretary of State, Minister for War, was one of the four or five specialized secretaries of state in France during the Ancien Régime. The position was responsible for the Army, for the Marshalcy and for overseeing French border provinces. In 1791, during the French Revolution, the Secretary of State for War became titled Minister of War.