right The Château d'Arrentières is a

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in the '' commune'' of

Arrentières Arrentières () is a commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France. Geography Arrentières is located in the ''Côte des Bar'' between the communes of Montier-en-l'Isle and Engente. In a direct line the commu ...

in the

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'' of France.

History

It was one of the first

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s of the

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from the commandery at Thors who were lords in the 12th century. It was recorded in 1238 as a castle and Jean d'Arrentières was authorised, in 1319, to found a chapel there. He was an important knight with his post as

bailiff A bailiff is a manager, overseer or custodian – a legal officer to whom some degree of authority or jurisdiction is given. There are different kinds, and their offices and scope of duties vary. Another official sometimes referred to as a '' ...

of le Vermandois and Chaumont. It was razed, because of felony by the lord, on the order of

Louis XIII 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. ...

who had not accepted his conversion to Protestantism. The remains are the 13th century ditches and towers, and two towers and an underground room dating from the 15th century. One of the towers has been remodelled as a

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and the other serves as the base for a square building of the 18th century. It was the residence of Louis Ladislas of Lassus in the middle of the 19th century.
Annuaire de la noblesse de France et des maisons souveraines de l'Europe
', p 381, 59th edition, Paris (1903) . Retrieved 26 December 2018. Privately owned, parts of the structure (

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, curtain walls, underground rooms along the south curtain wall, dovecote, façades and roofs of the ''

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'' and the east tower) have been listed since 1994 as a ''

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'' by the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arrentieres, Chateau d' Castles in Grand Est Monuments historiques of Aube

History

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