Château de Brie-Comte-Robert

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Castle in Brie -Comte- Robert

The castle of Brie -Comte- Robert, a French commune in the Seine -et -Marne in the Île- de -France region, was built in the late 12th century. The ruins of the castle are water since 1925 a protected monument ( Monument historique ).

History

1152 was Robert I, Comte de Dreux as an appanage from his father Louis VI. Dreux and Brie -Comte- Robert. He built the rectangular castle that has an equal side length of 55 meters. It is surrounded by a moat and was with four corner towers and four other towers provided at the entrances and on the east and west wall (see drawing reconstruction ).

In the 14th century Johanna lived from Evreux, the widow of Charles IV in the castle, where she died in 1371. You could enlarge the castle and set up a chapel in the tower of Saint -Jean. Then lived Louis de Valois, brother of the French king Charles VI. , In the castle.

During the Hundred Years War, the castle was besieged several times and captured by the British.

From the 15th century it was inhabited earned nobles in the castle, which belonged to the royal domain. In the 18th century the castle was only partially used and had been ruined. Once in the castle modern fixtures were built in the 19th century, the municipality bought in 1923 the entire property and the state put it under monument protection.

Renovation

For over 30 years the association Les Amis du Vieux Château efforts to the remains of the castle, whose restoration is almost complete. In the courtyard there is a new museum where the history of the castle is explained on the basis of finds and drawings.