Who is Armand Aubigny from The Awakening, and Selected Stories and what is their importance? "The_Awakening

Armand Aubigny is Désirée's husband, and the man who cast her aside after the birth of their daughter who had decisively black traits. It isn't until after Désirée takes her own life that Armand learns his mother was black, and that his infant's black heritage came from his side of the family.