December 5, 1648 - Charles François d'Angennes, Marquis de Maintenon
A French nobleman who abandoned his aristocratic inheritance for buccaneering in the Caribbean, d'Angennes represents the restless fringe of Louis XIV's era — where titles, estates, and expectations were discarded for maritime violence and opportunism. His sale of the Château de Maintenon gave the famous title to Françoise d'Aubigné, one of history's more consequential real estate transactions. His attacks on British ships near Saint-Domingue placed him within the broader theater of European imperial rivalry playing out across the West Indies.
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Charles François d’Angennes, Marquis de Maintenon (5 December 1648 – before 2 April 1691) was a French nobleman who became a buccaneer in the Caribbean. He sold the Château de Maintenon, his ancestral estate, to Madame de Maintenon, the second wife of King Louis XIV.
He was the oldest son of Louis d’Angennes de Rochefort de Salvert, Marquis de Maintenon et de Meslay, and Marie Le Clerc du Tremblay. Upon his father's death, he inherited the title of Marquis de Maintenon.
He chose not to follow in the footsteps of his ancestors and joined the Navy in 1669 and arrived in the Caribbean on La Sybille. He took command of the ship after the death of her captain in 1672. He joined the expedition against Curaçao and attacked British ships near Saint-Domingue.
He returned to France in 1673, and in 1674, he sold the Maintenon estate to Françoise d'Aubigné, who was granted the title of Marquise de Maintenon by King Louis in 1675. After the sale, d'Angennes returned to the West Indies.
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