Who is Albert Chanel from Chanel and Her World and what is their importance?

Albert Chanel, Coco's father, was a traveling salesman, who sold women's clothing and undergarments. When Coco's mother died, Albert sent both of his daughters to be raised in an orphange. Abandoned by her father, Coco would spend the rest of her life looking for a man who would make her the priority.... a man who would stay.