Pierrefonds () is a
commune in the
French department
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...
of
Oise
Oise ( ; ; ) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,419 in 2019.< ...
,
Hauts-de-France
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, northern
France
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, known for its
Château de Pierrefonds
The Château de Pierrefonds () is a castle situated in the commune of Pierrefonds in the Oise department in the Hauts-de-France region, Northern France.
It is located on the southeast edge of the forest of Compiègne, northeast of Paris, betw ...
.
History
The lords of Pierrefonds in the Middle Ages were:
* (1047–1073)
* (1073–1102)
*Dreux (1102–1160)
[Theodore Evergates, ''The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100–1300'' (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007), pp. 231, 239–240.]
*Nivelon III (1160–1161)
[
* Agatha (1161–1192)][
**]Conon, Count of Soissons Conon of Nesle (died 1180), son of Raoul II of Nesle and Gertrude, daughter of Lambert, Count of Montaigu. Châtelain of Bruges, Count of Soissons This is a list of those who bore the title Count of Soissons () and ruled Soissons and its ''civita ...
(1161–1182), her husband[
*]Gaucher III of Châtillon Gaucher is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Charles-Étienne Gaucher (1740–1804), French engraver
*Elias Gaucher, French publisher
*Eric Gaucher (born 1972), American biologist
*Guillaume Gamelin Gaucher (1810–1885), ...
(1192–1193), her cousin[
Pierrefonds was sold to the crown in 1193.][
]
Demography
See also
* Communes of the Oise department
The following is a list of the 680 Communes of France, communes of the Oise Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
External links
*
Communes of Oise
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