Château de Bourlémont

Frebécourt

A feudal château still lived in, whose quiet history is bound directly to the legend of Joan of Arc's fairies' tree.

A first fortress was raised around 1100–1130 by the bishops of Toul on a promontory overlooking the Meuse valley, before being rebuilt in the 13th century by Joffroy de Bourlémont on his return from the Holy Land. The male line died out in 1412, the very year of Joan of Arc's birth at Domrémy, the neighbouring village. Béatrice, wife of the last lord of Bourlémont, was in the habit of going with her ladies-in-waiting to the "Fairies' Tree" at Domrémy, the same tree where the young Jehanne went to play as a child; this detail, held against her at the trial of 1431, would on the contrary be cited in her favour at the rehabilitation trial of 1456. The d'Anglure family, owners from 1412 to 1732, added residential wings in the 15th–16th centuries.

Getting there : Facades, roofs and chapel registered on the supplementary inventory of historic monuments; private property that changed hands in January 2024, rehabilitation under way for accommodation and events; approximate coordinates

Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.

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