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Biron was seized by the Cathars in 1211 and retaken by Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester the following year. The Plantagenets held it at times during the 14th and 15th centuries. Biron was erected as a duché-pairie in 1598, for Charles de Gontaut, created duc de Biron. The castle kitchens
France: Region: Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Department: Dordogne: ... Biron is dominated by the Château de Biron, which overlooks the village and was a bastion in medieval ...
Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle; Château de Cazeneuve; Château de Chambonneau; Château de La Chapelle-Faucher; Château de Chaumont (La Serre-Bussière-Vieille) Château-Vieux (Bayonne) Château de Cognac; Château de Condat, Dordogne; Château de Curton
In 1870 the region was witness to the tragic Hautefaye incident, which occurred shortly after France's declaration of war against Prussia. A young aristocrat named Alain de Monéys was brutally tortured and then burned alive, by a crowd of between 300 and 800 people on 16 August in a public square in the village of Hautefaye in the north-west ...
The Château de Gavaudun is a castle in the village of Gavaudun (Lot-et-Garonne, France) on the river Lède, near the Périgord noir region. It was built on a rocky spur and overhangs the river. The lofty 13th century keep rises 25m above the level of the rock. [1] In the vicinity are the Château de Bonaguil and the Château de Biron.
Vergt-de-Biron (French pronunciation: [vɛʁ də biʁɔ̃]; Occitan: Al Vèrn) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
This is a list of French marquesses (French: marquisats de France) of the Ancien Régime, created by letters patent granted by a sovereign and, for the most part, seated on a fief. Also included are marquis titles granted in the 19th century , although the fiefs were no longer, and a large number of majorats have become financial and no longer ...
The House of Talleyrand-Périgord (pronounced [talɛjʁɑ̃peʁiɡɔʁ]) is an ancient French noble house.A well-known member of this family was Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838), who achieved distinction as a French statesman and diplomat. [1]