La Bourdaisière Castle
The la Bourdaisière castle is a noble residence from the 19th century in Montlouis-sur-Loire in the Indre-et-Loire in the region Center-Val de Loire , which on previous buildings from the Renaissance dates back to the 14th century. Part of the castle and the park were registered in 1947 as " Monument historique ".
history
The first known building at this point belonged to Marshal Jean I. Le Maingre († 1367), then his two sons, Jean II. Le Maingre († 1421) and Geoffroy Le Maingre († around 1430) in the 14th century . Two generations later, the castle was owned by Pierre de Champagne-Parcé, who sold it in 1482 to Louis de La Mezière, Mayor of Tours 1477-1478. His daughter Charlotte married Nicolas Gaudin, Mayor of Tours 1504–1506, who passed La Bourdaisière on to Nicolas' brother Victor in 1494. Nicolas' daughter Marie Gaudin , heiress of the castle and mistress of King Francis I , married Philibert Babou in 1510 , both of whom decided in 1520 to convert the castle into a Renaissance palace, whereby only one of the medieval towers remained.
La Bourdaisière remained in the possession of the descendants of Marie Gaudin and Philibert Babous until it was sold in 1674 to Philippe de Courcillon , who in 1683 resold it to members of the Albert family . The 5th Duke of Luynes and Chevreuse exchanged La Bourdaisiére in 1768 with Étienne-François de Choiseul for Cinq-Mars-la-Pile ; Choiseul, in turn, ordered the partial demolition of the castle because he needed the stones for the construction of the pagoda in the park of the Chanteloup castle near Amboise .
The ruins and the land were sold in 1786 to Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre , whose daughter Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre was expropriated, the property sold as Bien national . In the 19th century, the new owners rebuilt the castle in the neo-renaissance style.
In 1938 an Englishman acquired the domain, which was occupied by the German military and then by the French military during World War II . In 1947 parts of the complex were registered as Monument historique . After it was returned to the previous English owner, the castle fell into disrepair. In 1959 it was acquired by the community, which set up an old people's home here. Safety reasons contributed to the fact that the retirement home was closed, the new owners have now been the Broglie family , who set up a laboratory on biodiversity in the 1990s .
Others
The castle served as the residence of the Prince of Clèves in the film adaptation of the novel The Princess of Clèves by Jean Delannoy , with Jean Marais in the role of the prince and Marina Vlady as the princess.
Main facade
Castle courtyard
South facade
La Bourdaisière before demolition in the 1770s.
literature
- Jacques-Xavier Carré de Busserolle: Dictionnaire géographique, historique et biographique d'Indre-et-Loire et de l'ancienne province… , 1878, p. 349.
- René Caisso: La vente des biens nationaux de seconde origine et les mutations foncières dans le district de Tours , 1792-1830, Bibliothèque nationale, 1977, pages 81, 168 and 210.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 22 ′ 11 ″ N , 0 ° 50 ′ 19 ″ E