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Château De Varey
The Château de Varey is an ancient fortified castle, from the 12th century, restored in the 19th century. It is located in the commune of Saint-Jean-le-Vieux, Ain, Saint-Jean-le-Vieux, one kilometer east of the town, in the Ain Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region. The Façade, façades and roof of the château are listed as a ''Monument historique'' by decree of 21 March 1983. History This very ancient lordship was the possession in 1150 of Guerric, Lords of Coligny and Revermont, under the suzerainty of the Lords of Thoire. In 1188, Humbert de Thoire-Villars, Thoire made a confession of it to King Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VI of the Holy Roman Empire. Counts of Geneva According to Samuel Guichenon, around 1240, Varey passed from the Lords of Coligny to the County of Geneva, Counts of Geneva, through the marriage of Marie de House of Coligny, Coligny, daughter of Hugues de Coligny, Lord of Count of Coligny, Coligny- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Jean-le-Vieux, Ain
Saint-Jean-le-Vieux () is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Demographics See also *Communes of the Ain department The following is a list of the 391 communes of the Ain department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Ain Ain communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Ain-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Of Geneva
Rudolf or Rudolph (French language, French: ''Raoul'' or ''Rodolphe de Genève'') was the Count of Geneva from 1252 until his death in 1265. He was the eldest son of William II of Geneva, William II, and was described by a Renaissance historian as “the more quarrelsome son of a quarrelsome father.” He was a constant warrior, and his most frequent foes were of the House of Savoy. Heir of Geneva Around 1234 Aymon II of Faucigny made himself protector of the priory of Chamonix, in violation of the rights of the Count of Geneva, then William II. This precipitated a war between the house of Geneva and that of Faucigny allied with the house of Savoy in the person of Aymon's son-in-law Peter II, Count of Savoy, Peter, “the Little Charlemagne”. Late in 1236 or early the next year, during a temporary truce, Rudolf ambushed Peter in a mountain pass, while the latter was travelling with a very small retinue, and made him a prisoner. The exact circumstances of the ambush and of the eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
