Charles-René de Bombelles (6 November 1784 – 30 May 1856) was a French émigré nobleman, soldier, and the third husband of Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma.

Charles had served in the Austrian army during the Napoleonic Wars, and he was Grand Chamberlain to Marie Louise prior to their marriage.

In 1814, after the defeat of Napoleon, he returned to France to serve as aide-de-camp to Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, who was "the commander-in-chief of the coalition armies."

[4] Marie Louise, the estranged consort and later widow of Napoleon, was awarded the Duchy of Parma in the Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814).

A balance sheet showing receipts and expenditure was drawn up yearly, and submitted for audit to the Treasury of the Duchies, before being presented to her Majesty."

The marriage was morganatic; Marie Louise was a duchess, and he was a lesser noble and military officer with no clear title aside from Captain (and, later, Count).

In her will, she left her stepdaughter and his daughter, Marie, "the ivory crucifix which hung from the curtains of her bed, and which would receive her last breath" and publicly declared their marriage to one another.