Couches () is a
commune in the
Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part.
Saône-et-Loire is B ...
department in the
region
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of
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
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in eastern
France
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.
Sights
Chateau
The chateau complex includes a number of structures from different periods.
The chateau is often called the chateau of
Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France
Margaret of Burgundy (; 1290 – 30 April 1315) was Queen of France and List of Navarrese royal consorts, Navarre as the first wife of King Louis X and I, Louis X; however, she was locked in prison during her whole French queenship.
Life
Margar ...
, wife of
Louis X of France
Louis X (4 October 1289 – 5 June 1316), known as the Quarrelsome (), was King of France from 1314 and King of Navarre (as Louis I) from 1305 until his death. He emancipated serfs who could buy their freedom and readmitted Jews into the king ...
, who was confined to the
Chateau Gaillard after allegedly committing adultery. She died there after apparent ill treatment in 1315. One version of the story is that she did not die in the Chateau Gaillard, but escaped and was taken in by her cousin, Marie of Couches, and housed in the chateau and died there in 1333.
Image:CouchesChateau1.JPG, Chateau
Image:CouchesChateau2.JPG, Chateau
Image:CouchesChateau3.JPG, Chateau
Image:CouchesChateau4.JPG, Chateau
Image:MenhirsEpoigny1.jpg, Menhirs
Image:Couches - Tour Guerin 6.jpg, ''Tour Guerin''
Image:Couches - Tour Bajole 1.jpg, ''Tour Bajole''
See also
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Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 563 communes of the Saône-et-Loire department of France
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References
Communes of Saône-et-Loire
Châteaux in Saône-et-Loire
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