Charles-Eugène de Pontblanc

Charles-Eugène, Marquis de Pontblanc (1861-1901) was a Braslander nobleman. He was the son of François, Marquis de Pontblanc and Princess Elisabeth of Brasland.

Spoiled by his overprotective mother from an early age and with a troubled relationship with his father, he rebelled against his parents during his teens and soon fell into a life of alcohol, women and drugs. His father cut him off but his mother kept sending his money, worried that he might be in debts. After his father died in 1890, Charles-Eugène inherited the large Pontblanc inheritance, and the family was worried that he might squander it. The King intervened and granted Princess Elisabeth the power of administering the family fortune. Charles-Eugène was furious and felt humiliated, so he took revenge. One day, during mass at the Royal Palace, he entered the chapel inebriated and clearly violent. He shouted offensive remarks at the King and he was arrested immediately. However, he was pardoned and sent away from Brasland as a punishment. He lived in Pantocratoria in very modest conditions, unable to defeat his alcoholism. His health declined greatly and Princess Elisabeth convinced the King to allow for his return. It was granted, and Charles-Eugène returned to Brasland in 1898. He died in 1901 at the Chateau de Pontblanc.

He was succeeded as Marquis by a cousin, who also inherited the Chateau and most of the family fortune, in accordance to nobiliary tradition.