Le Baron de Castille

Gabriel de Froment, Baron de Castille, was born [1747] in a modest house in Uzès, to a family of minor nobility, with no fortune nor relation. The Baron died about 80 years later in an almost fairy-like castle, very rich, and married to a princess of Rohan.

Translated from: Un Personnage Hors de Commun: Gabriel de Froment, Baron de Castille by Henry de Seguins-Cohorn

(Lithograph from a private collection, photographed with permission)