Charles Honoré d'Albert, duc de Luynes, de Chaulnes et de Chevreuse (1646-1712), more simply known as the duc de Chevreuse, was a high-ranking French official under King Louis XIV.
The duc de Chevreuse was the grandson of the duchesse de Chevreuse, one of the leading members of the Fronde, and the son-in-law of Colbert.
The duc de Chevreuse was a private advisor of Louis XIV, and a sort of minister without the name. From 1698 until 1712 he was the governor of the province of Guienne. Friend of the duc de Beauvillier and of the famous archbishop Fénelon, he maintained a steady exchange of correspondence with the latter. It is at his estate in Chaulnes (Somme département) that Fénelon wrote his Tables de Chaulnes (1711).
Along with his friends, the duc de Chevreuse was a reformist in the circle of the duke of Burgundy, grandson of Louis XIV and heir to the throne, advocating a less centralized and absolute monarchy relying more on the aristocracy. His ideas were briefly applied after 1715 (see polysynody), although he did not live long enough to see it.
He died in Paris in 1712.
