Fireback With The Arms Of Charles François De Broglie And Louise Augustine De Montmorency

19th century fireback, with the alliance arms of Charles François comte de Broglie (1719-1781), son of François-Marie de Broglie and Thérèse Gillette Locquet de Grandville and Louise Augustine de Montmorency Logny (1735- 1817), Dame de Canchy, daughter of Louis François, Count of Logny and Marie Thérèse de Rym, married on March 21, 1759. He was Ambassador to the King of Poland from 1752 to 1758, Field Marshal, knight of the Orders of King on February 2, 1757 and became lieutenant general in 1760 and commander in Franche-Comté in 1761 before being appointed governor of Saumur in 1770. First colonel attached to the grenadiers of France, he was head of the “secret cabinet” of Louis XV. They buy the marquisate of Ruffec, with the forges of Taizé-Aizié which produced 80 tons of cast iron per month. The Montmorencies have been known since the 10th century. It is then a family from the castellans of Ile de France. The Maison de Broglie is a French noble family of Piedmontese origin living in France since the 17th century. Coat of arms: Left shield: gold with a saltire anchored in azure. Shield on the right: Or with a cross Gules cantoned with sixteen alerions Azure. Duke's Crown, necklaces of the King's Orders. Its weight is 52kg. Bibliography: Similar plaque, PALASI P., heraldic firebacks, Gourcuff Gradenigo, Paris, page 253 N ° 537. You can visit our site: www.claudeaugustin.com