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Bouillon Castle (french: Château de Bouillon) is a medieval castle located in Bouillon
at castles.org there has been a castle on the same site for a much longer time. The castle is situated on a rocky spur of land within a sharp bend of the
In 1082, Bouillon Castle was inherited by
Tourist office of Bouillon
Buildings and structures completed in the 10th century Buildings and structures completed in the 17th century Wallonia's Major Heritage Castles in the Ardennes (Belgium) Historic house museums in Belgium Castles in Belgium Castles in Luxembourg (Belgium) Museums in Luxembourg (Belgium) Bouillon {{Belgium-castle-stub
Wallonia
Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...
in the town of Bouillon
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in the province of Luxembourg
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, Belgium
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.
Although it was mentioned first in 988,at castles.org there has been a castle on the same site for a much longer time. The castle is situated on a rocky spur of land within a sharp bend of the
Semois River
The Semois (; ''Simwès'' in Walloon, often under elided form ''Smwès''; ''Semoy'', ''Sesbach'' in German, ''Setzbaach'' in Luxemburgish of Arlon; and known as the ''Semoy'' in France) is a river flowing from the Ardennes uplands of Belgium and ...
.
In 1082, Bouillon Castle was inherited by Godfrey of Bouillon
Godfrey of Bouillon (, , , ; 18 September 1060 – 18 July 1100) was a French nobleman and pre-eminent leader of the First Crusade. First ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1099 to 1100, he avoided the title of king, preferring that of princ ...
, who sold it to Otbert, Bishop of Liège in order to finance the First Crusade
The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic ru ...
. The castle was later fitted for heavy artillery by Vauban, Louis XIV
, house = Bourbon
, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
, death_date =
, death_place = Palace of Vers ...
's military architect in the late 17th century.
See also
*List of castles in Belgium
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References
External links
Tourist office of Bouillon
Buildings and structures completed in the 10th century Buildings and structures completed in the 17th century Wallonia's Major Heritage Castles in the Ardennes (Belgium) Historic house museums in Belgium Castles in Belgium Castles in Luxembourg (Belgium) Museums in Luxembourg (Belgium) Bouillon {{Belgium-castle-stub