Château de Châteauneuf was a castle in

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

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 ( – 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 1087, Henr ...

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

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, 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 () to differentiate him from his father Louis VI, was King of France from 1137 to 1180. His first marriage was to Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the wealthiest and ...

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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