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Château de Chaumont stands above the River Loire. The name Chaumont derives from the French chauve mont, meaning "bald hill". [1] The first castle on this site, situated between Blois and Amboise, was built by Odo I, Count of Blois, in the 10th century, with the purpose of protecting his lands from attacks by his feudal rival, Fulk Nerra, Count of Anjou. [2]
Château de Chaumont is a ruined château undergoing restoration. It is located in Chaumont, straddling the municipalities of Mainsat and La Serre-Bussière-Vieille, in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. The path leading to the château (rue de Chaumont) is in the town of Mainsat, but the building itself ...
Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont. Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont (1 September 1726 – 22 February 1803) was a French "Father of the American Revolution ", but later an opponent of the French Revolution. His son of the same name, known also in America as James Le Ray, eventually became a United States citizen and settled in Le Ray, New ...
The French Château de Chaumont-la-Guiche [or -Laguiche ], located in Saint-Bonnet-de-Joux ( Saône-et-Loire ), in a region formerly known as Charolais in southern Burgundy, was constructed beginning in 1500 for the La Guiche family [ fr]. [1] The most famous feature of the château is the monumental 17th-century stable block, designed by the ...
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. La Serre-Bussière-Vieille (French pronunciation: [la sɛʁ bysjɛʁ vjɛj]; Occitan: La Serra e Bussiera Vielha) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire. The castle was founded by Odo 1 (973-996), Count of Blois. At each epoch of French history the Château has been owned, rented or visited by significant persons in French and European history. In the period between the late enlightenment and the romantic period, Germaine de Staël was resident from April to ...
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