Montaigle Castle

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Castle ruins Montaigle

The remains of the medieval castle Montaigle are near Falaën, a district of the Belgian municipality in the Walloon province of Namur Onhaye. There, where the creek flows into the Flavion Molignee, a tributary of the Meuse River, rises the ruined castle on a craggy cliff in the sky and thus belongs to the type of spur castles.

History

At today's site of the ruins, there were already at the end of the Roman period from the 3rd to the 5th century a small military garrison.

The Montaigle castle was built on an older building in the Dampierre family early 14th century. She was owned by the Counts of Namur, descended from Guy de Namur, the youngest son Guy de Dampierre and once ruler of the county of Flanders.

In the 15th century the castle was converted into a residential Montaigle castle with more floors, large windows, fireplaces and basements. The plant, which is still visible today dates from that time. The castle was the central point of a bailiwick of the county of Namur and served as the seat of power of the last Countess of Namur, Jeanne d' Harcourt, maid of honor at the courts of France and Burgundy.

Given to Charles V command, the castle was plundered in 1554 by troops of the French King Henry II and set on fire.