Château de Chenonceau, personal photo from user fr:Bilbo who uploaded as public domain material. ...
Château de Chenonceau, personal photo from user fr:Bilbo who uploaded as public domain material. ...
 Château de Chenonceau as seen from Diane de Poitiers' gardens The A château ( French for castle; plural châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of gentry, usually French, with or without fortifications. ...Chateau de Chenonceau, near the small village of Chenonceaux is a small village and a commune of France, located in the Indre_et_Loire département of the Loire Valley, about 26 km (16 mi) east of Tours. ...Chenonceaux, in the Indre-et-Loire is a département in west-central France named after the Indre and the Loire rivers. ...Indre-et-Loire The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. ...département of the Loire Valley (French Vallée de la Loire) is known as the Garden of France and the Cradle of the French Language. ...Loire Valley in France - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...France, was built on the site of an old mill on the Cher is a river in central France, tributary to the river Loire. ...River Cher, sometime before its first mention in writing in the 11th century. The original manor was torched by Royal troops in Events Births September 21 - Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York. ...1411 to punish owner Jean Marques for an act of Sedition is a deprecated term of law to refer to non-overt conduct such as speech and organization that is deemed by the legal authority as tending toward insurrection against the established order. ...sedition. He rebuilt a castle and fortified mill on the site in the 1430s. Subsequently, his deeply indebted heir Pierre Marques sold the castle to Thomas Bohier, Chamberlain for King Charles VIII of France ( June 30, 1470– April 7, 1498; French: Charles VIII de France), nicknamed the Affable (lAffable), was King of France from 1483 to his death. ...Charles VIII of France in 1513. Bohier destroyed the existing castle and built an entirely new residence between Events June - Invasion of Persia by Sultan Selim I of the Ottoman Empire. ...1515 and Events January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther. ...1521; the work was sometimes overseen by his wife Catherine Briçonnet, who delighted in hosting French nobility, including Francis I, Renaissance prince, lover of women, patron of the arts Francis I (French: François Ier) (September 12, 1494 - July 31, 1547), called the Father and Restorer of Letters (French: le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres), was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims...King François I on two occasions.
Eventually, the chateau was seized from Bohier's son by Francis I, Renaissance prince, lover of women, patron of the arts Francis I (French: François Ier) (September 12, 1494 - July 31, 1547), called the Father and Restorer of Letters (French: le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres), was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims...François I for unpaid debts to the Crown, and after François' death in Events January 16 - Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia. ...1547, Henry II of France Henry II (French: Henri II) (March 31, 1519 - July 10, 1559), a member of the Valois Dynasty, was King of France from 1547 until his death. ...King Henri II offered the chateau as a gift to his mistress, Diane de Poitiers (September 3, 1499 - April 25, 1566) was a fixture at the courts of several French kings, and became notorious as the mistress of King Henri II. She was born in the château de Saint-Vallier, in the town of Saint-Vallier, Drôme, in the Rh...Diane de Poitiers who became fervently attached to the chateau and its view along the river. She would have the arched bridge constructed, joining the chateau to its opposite bank. She then oversaw the planting of extensive flower and vegetable gardens along with a variety of fruit trees. Set along the banks of the river, but buttressed from flooding by stone terraces, the exquisite gardens were laid out in four triangles.
Diane de Poitiers was the unquestioned mistress of the castle, but ownership remained with the crown until 1555, when years of delicate legal maneuvers finally yielded possession to her. However, after King Henri died in 1559, his strong-willed widow Catherine de Medici (April 13, 1519–January 5, 1589), born in Italy as Caterina Maria Romola di Lorenzo de Medici, and later queen of France under the French name Catherine de M dicis, was the wife of King Henry II of France, of the Valois branch of the kings of...Catherine de Medici had Diane expelled. Because the estate no longer belonged to the crown, she could not seize it outright, but forced Diane to exchange it for the The Ch teau de Chaumont is a French castle The first ch teau at Chaumont-sur-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, France, originated in the 11th century, built by Eudes II, Count of Blois. ...Chateau Chaumont. Queen Catherine then made Chenonceau her own favorite residence, adding her own series of gardens.
As For the insecticide Regent, see Regent (insecticide) A regent is an acting governor. ...Regent of France, Catherine would spend a fortune on the chateau and on spectacular nighttime parties. In Events February 27 - The Treaty of Berhick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland The first tulip bulb was brought from Turkey to the Netherlands. ...1560, the first ever fireworks display seen in France took place during the celebrations marking the ascension to the throne of Catherine's son Francis I, Renaissance prince, lover of women, patron of the arts Francis I (French: François Ier) (September 12, 1494 - July 31, 1547), called the Father and Restorer of Letters (French: le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres), was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims...François II. The grand gallery, which extended along the existing bridge to cross the entire river, was dedicated in Events The church in San Pedro in the Atacama Desert in Chile was built. ...1577.
On Catherine's death in 1589 the chateau went to her daughter-in-law, Louise de Lorraine, wife of Henry III (French: Henri III; Polish: Henryk III Walezy; September 19, 1551 - August 2, 1589) was King of Poland (1573-1574) and subsequently King of France (1574-1589). ...King Henri III. At Chenonceau Louise was told of her husband's assassination and she fell into a state of depression, spending the remainder of her days wandering aimlessly along the chateau's vast corridors dressed in mourning clothes amidst somber black tapestries stitched with skull and crossbones.
Another mistress took over in Events The Netherlands establish a trading colony at Kaohsiung on Taiwan. ...1624, when Gabrielle dEstrée, Duchess of Beaufort and Verneuil, and Marquise de Monceaux ( 1571- 1599) was a French mistress of King Henry IV of France, born at Château de la Bourdaisière in Montlouis-sur-Loire, in the Indre-et-Loire department of France. ...Gabrielle d'Estrée, the favourite of By Frans Pourbus the younger. ...King Henri IV, inhabited the castle. After that, it was owned by Louise's heir César of Vendôme and his wife, Françoise of Lorraine, Duchess of Vendôme, and passed quietly down the Valois line of inheritance, alternately inhabited and abandoned for more than a hundred years.
At last Château de Chenonceau was bought by the Duke of Bourbon is a title in the peerage of France. ...Duke of Bourbon in Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ...1720. Little by little, he sold off all of the castle's contents. Many of the fine statues ended up at Versailles, formerly the capital city of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important administrative and judicial center. ...Versailles. The estate itself was finally sold to a squire named Claude Dupin.
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View of the arches of the Pont de Diane Claude's wife (daughter of financier Samuel Bernard and grandmother of George Sand (portrait by Nadar) Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin - later Baroness Dudevant (July 1, 1804 - June 8, 1876) was a French novelist and early feminist (prior to the invention of the word), writing under the pen name of George Sand. ...George Sand), Madame Louise Dupin, brought life back to the castle by entertaining the leaders of The Age of Enlightenment (or The Enlightenment for short) was an intellectual movement in 18th_century Europe. ...The Enlightenment: Voltaire François_Marie Arouet (November 21, 1694—May 30, 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, deist and philosopher. ...Voltaire, Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu ( January 18, 1689 – February 10, 1755) was a French political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment and is famous for his articulation of the theory of separation of powers, taken for granted in modern discussions of government and...Montesquieu, Georges_Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (September 7, 1707 _ April 16, 1788) was a French naturalist, mathematician, biologist, cosmologist and author. ...Buffon, Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, also referred to as Bernard le Bouyer de Fontenelle (February 11, 1657 - January 9, 1757) was a French author. ...Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (February 4, 1688 _ February 12, 1763), French novelist and dramatist, was born at Paris. ...Pierre de Marivaux, and Jean_Jacques Rousseau Jean Jacques Rousseau (June 28, 1712 _ July 2, 1778) was a Swiss_French philosopher, writer, political theorist, and self_taught composer of The Age of Enlightenment Biography of Rousseau The tomb of Rousseau in the crypt of the Panth on, Paris Rousseau was born in Geneva, Switzerland...Jean_Jacques Rousseau. She saved the chateau from destruction during the French Revolution, preserving it from being destroyed by the Revolutionary Guard because it was essential to travel and commerce being the only bridge across the river for many miles. She is said to be the one who changed the spelling of the Château (from Chenonceaux to Chenonceau) to please the villagers during the The period of the French Revolution in the history of France covers the years between 1789 and 1799, in which democrats and republicans overthrew the absolute monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring. ...French Revolution. She dropped the "x" at the end of the Château's name to differentiate what was a symbol of royalty from the Republic. Although no official sources have been found to support this legend, the Château has been since referred to and accepted as Chenonceau.
In Events January _ March January 21 _ Maori Wars: The Tauranga Campaign starts. ...1864, Daniel Wilson, a Scotsman who had made a fortune installing gaslights throughout The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...Paris, bought the chateau for his daughter. In the tradition of Catherine de Medici, she would spend a fortune on elaborate parties to such an extent that her finances were depleted and the chateau was seized and sold to an American.
In 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...1913, the Menier family, famous for their chocolates, bought the chateau and still own it to this day.
During Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...World War I the gallery was used as a hospital ward; during the Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (60,000 ft) into the air. ...Second War it was a means of escaping from the The Nazi party used a right_facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ...Nazi occupied Vichy is a spa and resort town in central France, near Clermont_Ferrand and was the capital of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944. ...Vichy zone on one side of the River Cher to the free zone on the opposite bank.
In 1951, the Menier family entrusted the chateau's restoration to Bernard Voisin, who brought the dilapidated structure and the gardens (ravaged in the Cher is a river in central France, tributary to the river Loire. ...Cher River flood in 1940) back to a reflection of its former glory.
An architectural mixture of late Gothic architecture characterizes any of the styles of European architecture, particularly associated with cathedrals and other churches, in use throughout Europe during the high and late medieval period, from the 12th century onwards. ...Gothic and early By Region: Italian Renaissance Northern Renaissance _French Renaissance _German Renaissance _English Renaissance Renaissance Architecture: The cultural movement called the Renaissance (which literally means re_birth) was just that in architecture, a rebirth of the Roman traditions of design. ...Renaissance, Château de Chenonceau and its gardens are open to the public. Other than the Royal Versailles: Louis Le Vau opened up the interior court to create the expansive entrance cour dhonneur, later copied all over Europe The Château de Versailles — often called the Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles — is a royal château, outside the gates of which the village of Versailles, France, has...Palace of Versailles, Chenonceau is the most visited chateau in France.
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