Saint-Germain-Beaupré
Saint-Germain-Beaupré (; Limousin: ''Sent German'') is a commune in the Creuse department in central France. Population See also * Château de Saint-Germain-Beaupré *Communes of the Creuse department The following is a list of the 256 communes of the Creuse department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Creuse {{Creuse-geo-stub ...
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Château De Saint-Germain-Beaupré
The Château de Saint-Germain-Beaupré is a ''château'' in the ''Communes of France, commune'' of Saint-Germain-Beaupré in the Creuse ''Departments of France, département'' of France. History The castle was built in the 16th century, beginning in 1533, on the site of an earlier castle dating from the 12th century, itself rebuilt between 1407 and 1409. The fortress was restored again at the end of the 15th century at the expense, it is said, of Jean VI d'Aumont, who had devastated it twice at the head of Catholic League (French), League troops. In 1605, King Henry IV of France spent a night here. In 1666, it housed the King's daughter ''Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, la Grande Mademoiselle'', who recalled her brief stay here in her ''Mémoires''. In 1768, the castle passed into the hands of the marquis Doublet de Persan who, financially ruined, had to sell it on the eve of the French Revolution, Revolution. Various subsequent owners neglected its upke ...
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