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Origin and history

The château of Gerbéviller, located in Lorraine in the Grand Est, finds its origins in the 12th century with the family of Querford, before passing to the Dukes of Lorraine by marriage at the beginning of the 12th century. A first castle was built before 1240 by Philippe de Lorraine, brother of Ferry II, followed by landscape developments around 1300. The seigneury, passed by dowry to the family of Bar, then to the Counts of Linange-Réchicourt in 1410, was sold in 1470-1485 to Jean Wisse after destruction caused by the troops of Charles the Temerary (1475-1477). The Wisses transformed the castle into a seigneurial house before its passage to the Châtelet by marriage in 1540.

In the 17th century, Charles-Emmanuel de Tornielle, superintendent of finance of the Duke Henri II of Lorraine, modernized the estate: he created an Italian park with a nymph and a red pavilion, attributed to Clement Métezeau. The castle, raised in marquisat in 1621, was destroyed in 1636 during the Thirty Years War on the orders of Louis XIII. The Torniel family kept him until 1737, when he passed to the Lambertye. Camille de Lambertye rebuilt it in 1750, probably with Germain Boffrand, while Yves des Hour redesigned the park.

In the 19th century, Louis-Martin Berthault turned the park into a landscape garden in English (1816) for Antoine de Lambertye. Ernest de Lambertye adds commons, chapel, and winter garden. On 24 August 1914, the fire of the castle during the Battle of the Grand-Couronnene destroyed much of the estate. Reconstructed from 1920 to 1923 by Albert Laprade, he lost his floors but kept his 16 hectare park, classified with his nymph (only in France), his vegetable garden, and his rose garden. Today owned by Prince Charles d'Arenberg, the estate has been classified as a historical monument since 1996 and labeled a remarkable Garden.

The Palatine chapel, founded in the 15th century and given to the Carmelites in 1621, was sold as a national property after the Revolution. Redeveloped between 1860 and 1865 by Ernest de Lambertye to welcome Pope Pius IX, it has been classified since 1986. The estate also includes a 19th-century theatre, an orangery, and outbuildings, reflecting its architectural and landscape evolution over three centuries.

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