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Château De Bayers
The Château de Bayers is a historic château that is located in the commune of Bayers (which merged into the new commune, Aunac-sur-Charente, in 2017), in the French department of Charente in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. The château overlooks the Charente river and is about north of Angoulême. History A fortified quadrangular castle existed in the 11th century, built to monitor a ford across the Charente. It was partially destroyed during the Hundred Years' War. In 1295, the land of Bayers (pronounced "bay") passed to a cadet branch of the La Rochefoucauld family. In the 15th century, Guillaume de La Rochefoucauld converted the medieval fortress into the current château beginning in 1434. His descendants, thereafter called de La Rochefoucauld-Bayers, constructed a French garden on a terrace overlooking the river in the 17th century. Guy André Pierre de Montmorency-Laval, 1st Duke of Laval, was born at the château in 1723. After the death of the Marquis of Bayers in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayers
Bayers () is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Aunac-sur-Charente. 9 June 2016 Population See also *Communes of the Charente department
The following is a list of the 359 communes of the Charente department of France on 1 January 2025.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
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Duke Of Laval
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ranked below grand dukes and above or below princes, depending on the country or specific title. The title comes from French ''duc'', itself from the Latin ''dux'', 'leader', a term used in republican Rome to refer to a military commander without an official rank (particularly one of Germanic or Celtic origin), and later coming to mean the leading military commander of a province. In most countries, the word ''duchess'' is the female equivalent. Following the reforms of the emperor Diocletian (which separated the civilian and military administrations of the Roman provinces), a ''dux'' became the military commander in each province. The title ''dux'', Hellenised to ''doux'', survived in the Eastern Roman Empire where it continued in sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
