Henri was the son of Charles de Chabot, Seigneur de Saint-Gelais and Henriette de Lur-Saluces. He was the
Seigneur of
Saint-Aulaye. His great-grandfather was
Guy I de Chabot, a member of old
Poitevin nobility, Baron of
Jarnac, whose unexpected success in a 1547 duel passed into the French language as the "
coup de Jarnac". On 6 June 1645, Henri married
Marguerite de Rohan, sole heiress of the
Duke of Rohan and member of the powerful
House of Rohan which claimed descent from the old
Dukes of Brittany. The couple had six children, three of whom would have further children. ==Issue==