Château de Lyons-la-Forêt

The Château de Lyons-la-Forêt was a castle in Lyons-la-Forêt in the Eure département of France.[1]

Remains of the rampart

The castle was constructed at the start of the 12th century by Henry I of England, also known as "Henri Beauclerc".[1] He died there in 1135, supposedly from "a surfeit of lampreys".[2][3] The town and the castle were occupied by King Philip II Augustus of France in 1193 but the following year, Richard I of England, back from captivity, recovered Lyons and stayed there frequently until 1198.[3]

The castle had four large towers and four gates, each guarded by a different seigneur.[4] At the beginning of the 17th century it was described as being in ruins, with only the chapel of Saint Nicolas remaining.[1] The foundations of the imposing keep were exposed during summer 2007.[3]

See also

References
  1. Ministry of Culture: Château fort (in French)
  2. Judith A. Green Henry I: King of England and Duke of Normandy, Cambridge University Press, 2006. The introduction is online: "Introduction: A surfeit of lampreys"
  3. Office de Tourisme du Pays de Lyons-la-Forêt: Le pays de Lyons à travers l’histoire Archived 2016-08-23 at the Wayback Machine. This site also contains further historical detail concerning the castle and its royal connections. (in French)
  4. Michel Toussaint Chrétien Duplessis, Description géographique et historique de la Haute-Normandie : Le Vexin, P.-F. Giffart, Paris, 1740

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.