Patrice de Vogue was born on 8 December 1928 in Paris, France. He was married to Maria Cristina COLONNA DI PALIANO. He died on 18 March 2020 in Vaux-le-Vicomte, Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France.
Member of a long standing French aristocratic family, he inherited the château of Vaux-le-Vicomte that his great-grandfather Alfred Alexandre Sommier had bought. With his wife Cristina , he decided to open it to visitors so he could show its Grand siècle splendors and help sustain its up-keeping.