Château de Fléac (Charente-Maritime)

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Remains of the Château de Fléac

The Château de Fléac , of which only remnants remain today, is a former aristocratic residence in Fléac-sur-Seugne , south of Pons in the Charente-Maritime department , France . The ruins are located opposite the village church behind a high wall.

history

In the middle of the fifteenth century, the castle belonged to the noble Poulignac family. In 1590 it came into the possession of Geoffroy de Sainte-Maure, Seigneur von Ozillac and from 1607 Count von Jonzac († 1614; son of Antoine de Sainte-Marie, Seigneur von Mosnac († 1567)), who died on September 12th 1598 Vivianne de Poulignac († 1602) married, daughter of Léon de Poulignac (1569–1649), Seigneur of Écoyeux , Governor of Saintes . Geoffroy's son Léon de Sainte-Maure, Count of Jonzac, Marquis of Ozillac, Seigneur of Mosnac and von Fléac († 1671), sold the property in 1638 to Charles de Comminges, Seigneur of Fléac († 1630), royal court master (" Maître d'hôtel du roi ”) and captain in a guard regiment whose family owned it until 1710. Then it was acquired by Michel Barbot, royal councilor and perpetual mayor of Pons. As a result of the French Revolution , the castle and the associated estates were confiscated. The land was sold or taken over by local farmers, and the castle and farm buildings gradually fell into disrepair.

architecture

According to historical reports, the complex consisted of a corps de logis, built in the 15th century and renovated around 1630, with a flight of stairs at the front and a rear wing that ended with a pavilion twenty meters high and was accessible via a stair tower with a spiral staircase .

Current condition

Today only the vaulted ground floor of the pavilion, the facade of the Corps de Logis and the northern side of the surrounding wall, still flanked by a small tower, remain.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Poulignac family from Angoumois changed their name to Polignac in 1585; their attempt to be recognized as a relative of the younger house of Polignac from the Velay , however, was rejected by the royal court.
  2. ↑ Les Seigneurs de Sainte-Maure
  3. ↑ 1623 he obtained from King Ludwig XIII. the elevation of his barony Ozillac to marquisate.
  4. ↑ He took part in the siege of La Rochelle in 1628 and was then lieutenant-général of the provinces of Saintonge and Angoumois , later governor of Cognac and lieutenant-général. ( Les Seigneurs de Sainte-Maure )
  5. ↑ http://gw.geneanet.org/pierfit?lang=fr&p=charles&n=de%20comminges
  6. ↑ His epitaph is in the Saint-Vivien church in Pons.

Coordinates: 45 ° 32 ′ 0.2 ″  N , 0 ° 32 ′ 19.7 ″  W.