Château de Mehun-sur-Yèvre

Castle Mehun -sur- Yèvre (French Château de Mehun -sur- Yèvre ) belongs to the French community Mehun -sur- Yèvre in the department of Cher in the Centre region; in contemporary French literature and in local notes the name Château Charles VII is used. The castle ruin stands as a monument historique a historical monument since 1840.

Architectural History

Mehun was once a massive castle, the king of Bohemia passed to John of Luxembourg. His daughter Jutta was married to the French King John II. This Mehun came as part of the appanage to the Duke Jean de Valois, duc de Berry, a younger son of John II

The duke had to make various conversions 1367-1390 by its architect Guy de Dammartin. The formerly closed input side was opened and built over the main entrance is a projecting chapel. The other side of the fortress were high windows, and the towers were richly decorated viewing terraces attached. We know the appearance of the building, one of the first French style of Flamboyantgotik, due to the miniature painting of the Limbourg Brothers in the Très Riches Heures of the Duke of Berry.

Later, Jean de Berry gave the castle to his nephew, the Dauphin Jean. After his death in 1417 Mehun returned to the Domaine royal. King Charles VII died there on 22 July 1461.

The castle was badly damaged by fire in 1550 and severely damaged during the French Revolution. In addition to two towers, only some remains of walls and remains of the decoration of the chapel still exists.