Background
He was the son of Louis d’Angennes de Rochefort de Salvert, Marquis de Maintenon et de Meslay, and Marie Le Clerc du Tremblay, and as oldest son, he inherited the title of Marquis de Maintenon.
He was the son of Louis d’Angennes de Rochefort de Salvert, Marquis de Maintenon et de Meslay, and Marie Le Clerc du Tremblay, and as oldest son, 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.
In 1670, Charles d"Angennes sold his title to Françoise d"Aubigné, who later married King Louis XIV of France. He arrived in the same year in the Caribbean on Louisiana Sybille, of which he took command in 1672 after the death of its captain. He joined the expedition against Curaçao and attacked British ships near Saint-Domingue.
He returned to France in 1673 but sailed again to the Caribbean in 1674.
In October 1675 he left Nantes as commander of the Fontaine d"Or, (24 cannons). End 1676, he gathered a fleet of 10 ships with 800 buccaneers and attacked Isla Margarita, Trinidad and Cumaná.
He became Governor of the island of Marie-Galante (1679–1686). After 1686 he lived in Martinique with his family where he died in 1691.