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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- castle
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Chinon
- Founded by
- Theobald I, Count of Blois
- Owned by
- Theobald I, Count of Blois
- Material used
- stone
- Official website
- www.forteressechinon.fr
- Image
- 0 1134 Château de Chinon.jpg
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- Château de Chinon
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Encyclopedic overview
Château de Chinon from the south The Château de Chinon is a château located on the north bank of the river Vienne in Chinon, central France. It was founded by Theobald I, Count of Blois. In the 11th century the castle became the property of the counts of Anjou. In 1156 Henry II of England, a member of the House of Anjou, took the castle from his brother Geoffrey, Count of Nantes, after Geoffrey rebelled for a second time. Henry favoured the Château de Chinon as a residence. Most of the standing structure can be attributed to his reign; he died there in 1189.
Early in the 13th century, King Philip II of France harassed the English lands in France, and in 1205 he captured Chinon after a siege that lasted several months. Thereafter, the castle remained under French control. When King Philip IV accused the Knights Templar of heresy during the first decade of the 14th century, several leading members of the order were imprisoned there.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chinon Castle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.