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4 unusual facts about Château de Chaumont


Château de Chaumont

The Château de Chaumont (or Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire) is a castle in Chaumont-sur-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, France.

The castle was founded in the 10th century by Odo I, Count of Blois.

Chaumont, New York

In 1750, Ray had bought the Chaumont castle (named from the Old French for "bald hill", and built in two periods around 1500), in the Loire Valley of France.

Iviswold

The 1887 remodeling of the house was inspired by the Château de Chaumont in Loir-et-Cher, France.


Luís Fernando de Orleans y Borbón

In July 1930 an engagement was announced between Luis Fernando and Marie Constance Charlotte Say (August 25, 1857, Verrières-le-Buisson - July 15, 1943, Paris), grand daughter of Louis Auguste Say and widow of Prince Henri Amédée de Broglie and the owner of the Château de Chaumont.


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