Tournon Castle

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Tournon Castle from the northeast
Tournon Castle from the northwest

The French heir to the throne François de France , Dauphin of Viennois and Duke of Brittany, died in Tournon Castle in Tournon-sur-Rhône ( Ardèche Department ) in 1536 . Today it houses a museum and is partly a listed building .

history

Traces of a first castle , which was the successor to a watchtower from Gallo-Roman times, date from the 10th century. They can still be seen to the right of the entrance to today's courtyard . The castle was used by the kings of France to stay overnight on their travels. Louis IX stayed here when he set out on the crusade , while Franz I and Henry II stopped at Tournon on their way to the wars in Italy .

Duke Franz III. von Bretagne, the eldest son of King Francis I and brother of Henry II, died on August 10, 1536 at Tournon Castle after drinking a glass of water. Count Montecuccoli, the Duke's secretary, was charged with having served Emperor Charles V , as various poisons were found during a search of his quarters. Under torture , Montecuccoli confessed to the Duke's murder. In modern science, however, the poison death thesis is controversial.

In the 16th century, new living quarters in the Renaissance style were added next to a chapel , including the buildings that now house a museum. Furthermore, the reconstructed room of Hélène de Tournon, who died of lovesickness, can be seen in the castle . Pierre de Ronsard , who experienced this as a twelve-year-old page, later wrote his Ode à Hélène for her .

literature

  • Fanny Lalande: Les prisons du château de Tournon de 1670 à la Révolution française . Mémoire d'Ardèche et Temps Présent, Privas 2005.
  • Pierre Pontiès: Le Château de Tournon en Vivarais. Haut lieu rhodanien de l'histoire . Syndicat d'Initiative de Tournon, Tournon 1983.

Web links

Commons : Tournon Castle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schwennicke assumes poisoning in his European Family Tables II (1984), Table 25

Coordinates: 45 ° 4 ′ 6 "  N , 4 ° 49 ′ 54.3"  E