Château de Châteauneuf was a castle in

Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais () is a commune in Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. The commune was once an important stronghold reigning over the whole natural and historic province of Thymerais. Born of the fierce determination of its fi ...

Eure-et-Loir Eure-et-Loir (, locally: ) is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers. It is located in the region of Centre-Val de Loire. In 2019, Eure-et-Loir had a population of 431,575.Henry I of England Henry I (c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. On William's death in ...

in 1169, following the destruction of Chennebrun, located on the left bank of the Avre, by the French in 1168. King

Henry II of England Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Curtmantle (french: link=no, Court-manteau), Henry FitzEmpress, or Henry Plantagenet, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189, and as such, was the first Angevin king ...

, burned the castle and it was rebuilt in 1189 by Hughes III du Chatel, lord of Thymerais. King

Louis VII of France Louis VII (1120 – 18 September 1180), called the Younger, or the Young (french: link=no, le Jeune), was King of the Franks from 1137 to 1180. He was the son and successor of King Louis VI (hence the epithet "the Young") and married Duchess ...

visited the castle on the occasion of the inauguration of the fair of Saint-Jacques Boutaincourt.

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*Dictionnaire topographique du département d'Eure-et-Loir. Société archéologique d'Eure-et-Loir. Imprimerie impériale, 1861.

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