
military officer
Provencal French nobleman of the 17th century, sixth Count of Grignan, fifth of the Castellane Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan branch, lieutenant-general of the King in Provence, son-in-law of the Marquise de Sévigné, last male of this family
François Adhémar de Monteil, comte de Grignan was a French aristocrat, remembered chiefly for being Lieutenant-Governor of Provence and the beloved son-in-law of Madame de Sévigné.