John the Good and his sons
John II of France, known as John the Good, is said to have passed through Chauvigny before the Battle of Poitiers in 1356. According to local tradition, he later sent three of his sons there for safety as defeat became likely.
Duguesclin
During the Hundred Years’ War, Bertrand du Guesclin drove the English out of Chauvigny in 1372.
Admiral de Coligny
In 1569, during the French Wars of Religion, Admiral de Coligny’s Huguenot troops looted and burned parts of Chauvigny, including the castle and Saint-Pierre church. Coligny was killed three years later during the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre.
Louis XIV
Louis XIV stayed at Chauvigny’s Auberge du Soleil in 1651, when he was thirteen. The former inn, also known as the Maison du Roi Jean, still stands at the foot of Rue des Trois-Rois.