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From Colbert, with a chief of gules charged with a cross of silver. François Édouard Henri René Colbert (1727–1748), Marquis de Maulévrier, Second lieutenant of the English gendarmes Quarterly: 1 and 4, azure, three silver fleurs-de-lis, a chief or ( d'Estaing); 2 and 3, argent, a saltire gules denched sable (de Froulay).
Following the death of Francis I, King Henry II continued to expand the chateau. The King and his wife, Catherine de' Medici, chose the architects Philibert de l'Orme and Jean Bullant to do the work. They extended the east wing of the lower court and decorated it with a horseshoe-shaped staircase, which was later enlarged, and became a symbol ...
Château de l'Oedenbourg. Located just below Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg is the ruin of Château de l'Oedenbourg, [3] which is also known as Petit-Koenigsbourg and is a historical monument in its own right. [4] Construction of Château de l'Oedenbourg is believed to have begun during the 13th century.
The Château de Bayers is a historic château that is located in the commune of Bayers (which merged into the new commune, Aunac-sur-Charente, in 2017), in the French department of Charente in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. [1] The château overlooks the Charente river and is about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Angoulême.
The Shepherds' Crusade of 1320 was a popular crusade in Normandy in June 1320. [1] Also well known as "the Pastoureaux of 1320". [ 2 ] It originally began when a large group of common-folk banded together to preach a crusade after a teenage shepherd said he was visited by the Holy Spirit. [ 3 ]
The Château de Chenonceau (French: [ʃɑto də ʃənɔ̃so]) is a French château spanning the river Cher, near the small village of Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire. [1] It is one of the best-known châteaux of the Loire Valley. [2] The estate of Chenonceau is first mentioned in writing in the 11th century. [3]
The Hameau de la Reine (French pronunciation: [amo də la ʁɛn], The Queen's Hamlet) is a rustic retreat in the park of the Château de Versailles built for Marie Antoinette in 1783 near the Petit Trianon in Yvelines, France. It served as a private meeting place for the queen and her closest friends and as a place of leisure.
The Château of Stuyvenberg was built in 1725, acquired for 200,000 Belgian francs by the Belgian State in 1840, and later bought by King Leopold II, who donated it to the Royal Trust. The first Belgian king, Leopold I, used the château for his mistress Arcadie Claret, and their second child Arthur was born there in 1852. [1]