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The Château Vicomtal Saint-Pierre de Fenouillet is a ruined 11th century
The Château Vicomtal Saint-Pierre de Fenouillet is a ruined 11th century castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
in the ''commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
'' of Fenouillet in the Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales (; ca, Pirineus Orientals ; oc, Pirenèus Orientals ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. ...
''département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ...
'' of France.
The castle was originally owned by the Vicounts of Fenouillèdes
Fenouillèdes (; oc, Fenolhedés/Fenolheda; ca, Fenolledès/Fenolleda) is a French comarca and a traditional Occitan-speaking area in the ''département'' of Pyrénées-Orientales. The capital of the comarca is Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet (''Sant Pa ...
. The descendants Viscounts of Fenouillèdes became nobles of the Court of the First Republic and The First Empire. Marius Fennouillet married Marie-Antoinette who was pregnant with the son of Jean Lannes, 1st Duc de Montebello, 1st Prince de Siewierz (10 April 1769 – 31 May 1809) and Marshal of the Empire. Marius and Marie-Antoinette raised the boy as a Fenouillet and then gave birth to Celestin Fenouillet. The family then moved to Toulon and then Nice where they remained. Celistin Louis Marius married Valerie Vestri and gave birth to Fernand Renee Fenouillet who married Paule Renee Herri of Brittany. They gave birth to two daughters Claudine Marie-Antoinette Fenouillet and Marie-Paul Fenouillet. Claudine married Jacques Francois Ouizeman and Marie-Paule married Claude Bourat. Claudine gave birth to a son Christophe and Marie-Paule gave birth to a son Silvain and daughter Marie-Claude. Both families now live in Australia.
Livret De Famille Mairie De Toulon
The castle is now the property of the ''commune''. It has been the site of archaeological digs since 2000.
See also
*List of castles in France
This is a list of castles in France, arranged by Region and Department.
;Notes:
# The French word ''château'' has a wider meaning than the English ''castle'': it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vine ...
Bibliography
* Laurent Fonquernie, ''La vicomté de Fenouillèdes du IXe au XIIIe siècle : DEA d'histoire sous la dir. de Pierre Bonnassie'', Université Toulouse Le Mirail, 1997 * Thomas Charpentier, ''Peuplement et pouvoirs aux Xe-XIVe siècles. Évolution du territoire autour du château de Fenouillet : Master I, Histoire et Histoire de l'art et archéologie sous la dir. de François Amigues'', Université de Perpignan, 2002 * Thomas Charpentier, "Fenouillet : Un centre de pouvoir vicomtal antérieur au XIIIe siècle", ''Archéothéma'', no 23, July–August 2012 (ISSN 1969-1815)References
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