Charles de Sévigné

Charles de Sévigné (1648–1713) was a French aristocrat and soldier. He was the son of French literary icon Madame de Sévigné.

Life Charles was born at the family's Château des Rochers-Sévigné (now a part of Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine) in Brittany on March 12, 1648. He was the second child of Henri de Sévigné and his young wife, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal. Their other child, Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné (the future Madame de Grignan), was born two years prior in Paris.

In 1651, Henri was killed in a duel over his mistress, Madame de Gondran. Now a widow, Madame de Sévigné took her children back to Paris where they came to live with her uncle, l'abbé de Coulanges, in the Marais district. In the arrangements for this marriage, Madame de Sévigné practically divided all her fortune between her children, and she reserved only part of the life interest.

In 1703, Charles gave up his post of King's Lieutenant in Brittany. Accompanied by his wife, he took up residence in Paris at the Faubourg Saint-Jacques. His final years were spent in a seminarian's cell at Saint-Magloire Seminary, a community of the devout. He died on 26 March 1713 at the age of 65.

Charles and Jeanne Marguerite had no children. He bequeathed his entire estate to his niece Pauline de Simiane.