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Origin and history

The Château de la Brûlerie, located in Douchy-Montcorbon in the Loiret, has its origins in the early 19th century. It is built on a historical estate where Jeanne d'Arc would have spent one night in 1429. The castle, inherited and transformed over the centuries, became a place of aristocratic residence, especially for the Dubois de Courval family, which gave birth to two children in the 18th century. In 1808, he was acquired by Auguste Jean-Gabriel de Caulaincourt, general of the Empire, who commissioned paintings for the Salon d'honneur, which had now disappeared.

In the 19th century, the castle was the scene of tragic events, such as the assassination of the director Barthélemy Legendre in 1885, or the death of the Count of Néverlée, mayor of Douchy, in 1891. During World War II, the park was bombed in 1944. In the 1950s, the castle was transformed into a holiday centre for the children of SNCF, before being bought in 1967 by actor Alain Delon. He demolished him to build a modern residence, where he died in 2024.

The Salon d'honneur and its paintings, restored in 1920, had been included in the inventory of historical monuments in 1948. However, their total destruction led to the repeal of this protection in 2025. Today, the estate houses a private chapel where Alain Delon was buried, marking the end of a rich architectural and cultural history, but now erased.

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