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 Gray Castle en Haute-Saône

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château fort
Haute-Saône

Gray Castle

    6 Rue Pigalle
    70100 Gray
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Crédit photo : Prosopee - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Moyen Âge central
Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1100
1200
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
XIe siècle
First mention of the castle
1227
Destruction of the castle
1248
Reconstruction of the castle
1324
Fire of the castle and the city
1333
Reconstruction by Queen Jeanne
1477
Destruction by Louis XI
Fin XVe - XVIe siècle
Reconstruction by Charles Quint
1698
Purchased by Louis Fabry de Moncault
1777-1783
Property of the Count of Provence (Louis XVIII)
1796
Sale as a national good
1903
Creation of the Baron-Martin Museum
1916, 1988, 1991
Classification of historical monuments
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Heritage classified

Round: ranking by decree of 20 December 1916; vaulted cellars of the house body; facades and roofs of the housing body, low wing in return for square included; decor of rooms 2, 3, 7, 8, 11 and 12 on the ground floor of the house (Box AB 242-244): inscription by order of 24 October 1988; Wall of enclosure; soil circumscribed by this wall, including the remains it contains (see Box AB 242-244): by order of 13 September 1991

Key figures

Otte-Guillaume de Bourgogne - Founder of Burgundy County Created the county in 986, ancestor of castles.
Othon II de Bourgogne - Count Palatin of Burgundy Ordered the destruction of the castle in 1227.
Hugues de Besançon - Count of Burgundy Rebuilt the castle in 1248 as a residence.
Jeanne de France - Queen of France and Countess of Burgundy Rebuilt the castle around 1333 during his widowhood.
Eudes IV de Bourgogne - Duke of Burgundy Participated in the reconstruction of the castle in 1333.
Louis XI - King of France Destroyed the castle in 1477 during the war of Burgundy.
Charles Quint - Emperor of the Holy Empire Raised the castle at the end of the 15th century.
Louis Fabry de Moncault - Count and owner Turned the castle into a palace (1699-1732).
Louis XVIII (comte de Provence) - Future King of France Owner and host of personalities like Voltaire.
Alexandre Martin de Gray - Baron of Empire and Mayor of Gray Acheta the castle in 1796 and received historical figures there.
Maurice Signard - Senator Mayor of Gray Initiator of the Baron-Martin museum in 1903.
Edmond Pigalle - Donor and grandson of Baron Martin Contributed to the museum collection with 475 works.

Origin and history

Gray Castle is a former 11th and 13th century castle in Gray, Haute-Saône. Today only the fortified entrance tower and walls of the thirteenth century remain. This castle, the seat of the governors of Franche-Comté until 1668, was a strategic point at the borders of the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of France. It was destroyed and rebuilt several times, notably in 1192, 1227, 1324, and 1477, during the conflicts between France and the Holy Empire.

In the 13th century Gray became an important river port on the Saône, second in eastern France after Strasbourg. The castle was rebuilt in 1248 by Count Hugues de Besançon, then in 1333 by Queen Jeanne of France and his son-in-law, Duke Eudes IV of Burgundy. After successive destructions, notably by Louis XI in 1477, it was raised at the end of the 15th century by Emperor Charles Quint and his descendants.

In 1698 the castle, then in ruins, was purchased by Count Louis Fabry de Moncault, who built a resort palace there between 1699 and 1732. The site then became the property of the Count of Provence, future Louis XVIII, who received there personalities such as Voltaire and Richelieu. After the Revolution, it was transformed into a municipal museum in 1903, now home to the Baron-Martin Museum, rich in more than 475 works.

The remains of the castle, including the entrance tower and the enclosure walls, have been classified as historical monuments since 1916, 1988 and 1991. The museum, housed in the 18th century palace, preserves collections of art, furniture and historical objects, as well as an archaeological section opened in 1973 in the old vaults of the castle.

Gray Castle thus illustrates nearly ten centuries of history, from medieval conflicts between France and the Holy Empire to its present cultural role, passing through its apogee as an aristocratic residence in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Future

Since 1903 it has housed the Baron-Martin Museum in a palace of the 19th century and the 19th century.

External links

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