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4 unusual facts about Château de Carrouges


Château de Carrouges

Blosset died withough heir, and the château passed to his nephew Jean Le Veneur, Bishop of Lisieux, who became a Cardinal in 1533, and who constructed the Renaissance châtelet, known as the pavillon du cardinal Jean Le Veneur.

The Château de Carrouges is a château, dating partly from the 14th century, located in the commune of Carrouges, in the Orne department, Basse-Normandie, northern France.

Tanneguy II lived on his estates at Tillières and left Carrouges to his brother Jacques, abbot of Silly.

Jean de Carrouges a vassal of Pierre II, Count of Alençon, became famous as one of the combatants in the last judicial duel to be permitted in France, in 1386.



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