The Château de la Bourdaisière is a 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. ...castle in the countryside in the Commune of Montlouis-sur-Loire, 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 France _ Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...France.

Its origins date back to the 14th century when it was a fortress belonging to Jean Meingre. Over the next few generations, the property changed hands several time, until 1520 when 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 Francois I arranged for construction of a new castle on the site. Built for his mistress, Marie Gaudin, the wife of Philibert Babou, Superintendent of Finances for France, after her death, the property would remain in the family's hands.

Marie Gaudin's granddaughter, 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, was born in the château and would herself grow up to become mistress to another king, By Frans Pourbus the younger. ...Henri IV of France.

In 1775, the château was partially destroyed by order of Louis XV King of France and Navarre Louis XV (February 15, 1710 _ May 10, 1774), called the Well_Beloved (French: le Bien_Aimé), was king of France from 1715 to 1774. ...King Louis XV's most powerful Minister, Étienne François, Duc de Choiseul. Étienne François wanted to use the stones from Château de la Bourdaisière for the construction of his Pagoda at his estate in Chanteloup, near Categories: France geography stubs | Cities, towns and villages in France ...Amboise.

Laying in ruins, in 1786 the land was sold to Louise Adélaïde of Penthièvre Bourbon. In 1802 the property was acquired by Baron Joseph Angelier who undertook a massive reconstruction of Château Bourdaisière. The interior work would be completed by his son, Gustave Angelier. Although a small château, when compared to the great châteaux of the Kings and some of those built by other wealthy nobles, it is a magnificent Renaissance construction fronted by traditional French gardens.

The Castle was sold in 1923 to a wealthy The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...American, Mrs. de Mérinville who sold it in 1938. During Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...World War I, the château was occupied by 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). ...Nazis. After the war, a lack of funds by its owner saw it become severely run down. In 1959, its contents were auctioned off and government turned the château into a home for the elderly.

It was sold again in 1988 to an attorney, François Michaud, who owned it until 1991 when it was acquired by its current owners, the Arms of the ducs de Broglie (or, a saltire anchory azure) The title of Duc de Broglie was a French peerage belonging to a family of Piedmontese origin, which emigrated to France in the year 1643. ...Princes of Broglie who undertook significant improvements and modernization. In 2003, Château de la Bourdaisière gained considerable attention in World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is the third largest continent in area and in population after Eurasia and Africa. ...North America, as the primary site for the televison show, Joe Millionaire was a 2002 US reality television show broadcast in the US on the Fox network. ...Joe Millionaire.