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  6. Commandery of Notre-Dame-de-la-Boissière

 Commandery of Notre-Dame-de-la-Boissière à Châteaudun dans l'Eure-et-Loir

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine Templier
Commanderie templière
Eure-et-Loir

Commandery of Notre-Dame-de-la-Boissière

    83 Rue des Fouleries
    28200 Châteaudun
Commanderie de Notre-Dame-de-la-Boissière
Commanderie de Notre-Dame-de-la-Boissière
Commanderie de Notre-Dame-de-la-Boissière
Commanderie de Notre-Dame-de-la-Boissière
Commanderie de Notre-Dame-de-la-Boissière
Crédit photo : Selbymay - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Moyen Âge central
Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1200
1300
1400
…
1900
2000
1181
First donation
1183
Confirmation by Thibaut V
1190
Gift of mill
1248
Hospital mention
1312
Transfer to Hospitallers
1928
Historical monument classification
2021
Archaeological excavations
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Former chapel: inscription by decree of 19 October 1928

Key figures

Gaudefroy de l’Isle - Initial donor Offer his house to the Templars in 1181.
Thibaut V - Count of Blois Confirms donations in 1183 and 1190.
Jodoin Tresiau - Donor knight Gives houses in 1207.
Guillaume Petit-Guyot - Donor Offer of goods in 1286.
Nicolas d'Orfin - Abbé de Bonneval Give me some nearby vines.
Abbé Bordas - Local historian Documented the commandery in the 19th century.

Origin and history

The Commanderie Notre-Dame-de-la-Boissière, located on Rue des Fouleries in Châteaudun (Eure-et-Loir), was originally founded by the Templars in the 12th century thanks to successive donations. In 1181, Gaudefroy de l'Isle offered his house to the Templars, followed in 1183 by Thibaut V, Count of Blois, who confirmed this donation and added the mill of the Boissière. This strategic site, controlling a narrow passage of the valley, housed a chapel and a hospital for pilgrims of Santiago de Compostela, mentioned in archives of 1248.

After the dissolution of the Order of the Temple in 1312, the Commanderie passed to the Hospitallers of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. The chapel, rectangular (17.40 m long, 8.10 m wide), dates from the 13th century and is distinguished by its dogive cross vault, nine ogival windows and its capitals barely rough. It was listed as a historic monument in 1928, but only the chapel remains today.

Excavations carried out in 2021 by the Military History Association and its wars revealed hidden architectural elements: an external well, an interior chimney, coats of arms on the second floor and engravings in the frame. These discoveries confirm the historical significance of the site, linked to Templar possessions such as the Temple of Brou and houses in Châteaudun, acquired by donations between 1207 and 1286.

The archives mention the commandory under various Latin names (Vineas de Buxeria, Preceptor domus de Boisseria) and place it under the authority of the same commander as those of Arville and Sours. Its role was both religious (reception of pilgrims), military (strategic position) and economic (moulins, vineyards, urban houses).

Today, the chapel is a private property, but its inscription to historical monuments and recent works make it a rare testimony of Templar architecture in the Centre-Val de Loire. Local archives, such as the Cartularium Dunense, and the studies of Abbé Bordas (Dinois country historian) document his evolution since the Middle Ages.

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