Napoleon Series Archive 2008

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Sons of Auguste-Joseph né Broglie le 31.x.1762, prince de Broglie et prince de Revel, mort Schwelm le 26.i.1795 and Françoise fille de César de La Brousse, marquis de Verteissac, né le 09.xii.1760, morte le 21.iii.1855:

Auguste-César-Victor né Paris le 16.ii.1783, prince de Broglie, tué Austerlitz le 02.xii.1805 ("périra sous les balles françaises à Austerlitz"). In Russian service as Avgust Perovich de Broglio-Revel:

10 Dec 1796 ppor gv art bn>ppor lgpr
19 Mar 1806 lgpr ubit pod Austerlitsom [listed as killed at Austerlitz]

Charles-François-Ladislas né Paris le 18.x.1788, prince de Broglie, tué Kulm le 29.viii.1813. In Russian service as Karl-Frantsik-Vladislav de Broglio-Revel:

May 1807 1kk>pra lgs
May 1809 pra>ppor lgs
May 1811 ppor>por lgs
May(?) 1813 por lgs ubit [listed as killed. NB month must be incorrect]

Units:

gv art bn = Lieb Guard Artillery Batallion
1kk = 1st Kadet Korps
lgpr = Lieb Guard Preobrazhensky Regiment
lgs = Lieb Guard Semenovsky Regiment

Ranks:

pra = praporshchik (ensign)
ppor = podporuchik (2nd lieutenant)
por = poruchik (lieutenant)

The above information is from Mark Conrad's excellent Data Base of Russian Officers.

Notes:

"... became pages at the [Russian} court and later fought as officers of the [Russian} guard against Napoleon. The eldest of them fell at Austerlitz and the youngest perished at Kulm in 1813 ...."

Mon Repos, Finnland: Marble Obelisk erected by Paul von Nikolay (d 1866) to his brothers-in-law, the Ducs de Broglie, who fell at Austerlitz and Kulm.

Another brother Octave, ne Paris 11.xi.1785, morte Saint-Georges-d'Aulnay 31.viii.1865 also served in Russian service (known as Al'fons Gavriil-Oktav de Broglio-Revel) reaching the rank of colonel in 1816.

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Mark Conrad's Data Base of Russian Officers.