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Château De Cléron
The Château de Cléron is a 14th-century castle in the '' commune'' of Cléron, south of Besançon, in the Doubs ''département'' of France. History Before the 12th century, the lords of Cléron succeeded the lords of Scey to control the crossing of the River Loue by a wooden bridge on the main « Route du sel » ("salt road") of Franche-Comté, the road linking Besançon to Salins-les-Bains and assuring the prosperity of the region in the Middle Ages. The castle was built in 1320 on the bank of the Loue by Humbert de Cléron (vassal of the County of Burgundy) on the site of a former Gallo-Roman ''castrum''. During the Ten Years' War (1634-1644, and part of the Thirty Years' War) led by Richelieu (cardinal and prime minister of Louis XIII) to attempt the reconquest of County of Burgundy to Habsburg Spain, the village was devastated, once by Swedish mercenaries in the pay of France in 1639, then a second time by the French. The castle was heavily remodelled in the 18th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis XIII Of France
Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown. Shortly before his ninth birthday, Louis became king of France and Navarre after his father Henry IV of France, Henry IV was assassinated. His mother, Marie de' Medici, acted as regent during his minority. Mismanagement of the kingdom and ceaseless political intrigues by Marie and her Italian favourites led the young king to take power in 1617 by exiling his mother and executing her followers, including Concino Concini, the most influential Italian at the French court. Louis XIII, taciturn and suspicious, relied heavily on his chief ministers, first Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes and then Cardinal Richelieu, to govern the Kingdom of France. The King and the Cardinal are remembered for establishing the ''Académie française'', and ending ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castles In Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. This is distinct from a mansion, palace, and villa, whose main purpose was exclusively for ''pleasance'' and are not primarily fortresses but may be fortified. Use of the term has varied over time and, sometimes, has also been applied to structures such as hill forts and 19th- and 20th-century homes built to resemble castles. Over the Middle Ages, when genuine castles were built, they took on a great many forms with many different features, although some, such as curtain walls, arrowslits, and portcullises, were commonplace. European-style castles originated in the 9th and 10th centuries after the fall of the Carolingian Empire, which resulted in its territory being divided among individual lords and princes. These nobles built castles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Counts Of Burgundy
This is a list of the counts of Burgundy, i.e., of the region known as Franche-Comté, not to be confused with the Duchy of Burgundy, from 982 to 1678. House of Ivrea (982–1184) House of Hohenstaufen (1190–1231) House of Andechs (1231–1279) House of Ivrea (1279–1330) House of Capet (1330–1347) House of Burgundy (1347–1361) House of Capet (1361–1382) House of Dampierre (1382–1404) House of Valois-Burgundy (1405–1482) House of Habsburg (1482–1678) In 1678 the County of Burgundy was annexed by France as part of the Treaty of Nijmegen. House of Bourbon, claimants to the title (1700–1713) * Philip IX (King Philip V of Spain) (1700–1713, titular only) House of Habsburg (1713–present) * Charles IV (Emperor Charles VI) (1713–1740 titular only) *Maria Theresa (1740–1780 titular only) ** Francis I (Emperor Francis I) (1740–1765 with his wife, titular only) * Joseph (Emperor Joseph II) (1780–1790 titular only) * Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
