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[[Image:Coté-château fort d'Ussé.JPG|upright|thumb|View of the Château's towers]]
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The '''[[Château]] d'Ussé''' is located in the [[commune in France|commune]] of [[Rigny-Ussé]] in the [[Indre-et-Loire]] ''[[département in France|département]]'', in [[France]]. The stronghold at the edge of the [[Chinon]] forest overlooking the [[Indre River|Indre]] Valley was first fortified in the eleventh century by the Norman ''[[lord|seigneur]]'' of Ussé, Gueldin de Saumur, who surrounded the fort with a palisade on a high terrace. The site passed to the [[Comte de Blois]], who rebuilt in stone. Château d'Ussé is situated at an elevation of 56 meters.<ref>[http://elevationmap.net/chateau-d-usse-37420-rigny-usse-france?latlngs=%2847.2502777,0.2927508000000216%29 Château d'Ussé Elevation and Position]</ref>
'''Ussé''' is a castle in the [[Indre-et-Loire]] ''[[département in France|département]]'', in [[France]]. The stronghold at the edge of the [[Chinon]] forest overlooking the [[Indre (river)|Indre]] Valley was first fortified in the eleventh century by the Norman ''[[lord|seigneur]]'' of Ussé, Gueldin de Saumur, who surrounded the fort with a palisade on a high terrace. The site passed to the [[Comte de Blois]], who rebuilt it in stone.


In the fifteenth century, the ruined castle of Ussé was purchased by [[Jean V de Bueil]], a captain-general of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]] who became seigneur of Ussé in 1431 and began rebuilding it in the 1440s; his son Antoine de Bueil married in 1462 Jeanne de Valois, the biological daughter of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]] and [[Agnès Sorel]], who brought as dowry 40000 golden écus. Antoine was heavily in debt and in 1455, sold the château to Jacques d’Espinay, son of a chamberlain to the [[Duke of Brittany]] and himself chamberlain to the king; Espinay built the chapel, completed by his son Charles in 1612, in which the [[Flamboyant Gothic]] style is mixed with new Renaissance motifs, and began the process of rebuilding the fifteenth-century château that resulted in the sixteenth-seventeenth century aspect of the structure to be seen today.
In the fifteenth century, the ruined castle of Ussé was purchased by [[Jean V de Bueil]], a captain-general of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]] who became seigneur of Ussé in 1431 and began rebuilding it in the 1440s; his son Antoine de Bueil married in 1462 Jeanne de Valois, the biological daughter of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]] and [[Agnès Sorel]], who brought as dowry 40000 golden écus. Antoine was heavily in debt and in 1455, sold the château to Jacques d’Espinay, son of a chamberlain to the [[Duke of Brittany]] and himself chamberlain to the king; Espinay built the chapel, completed by his son Charles in 1612, in which the [[Flamboyant Gothic]] style is mixed with new Renaissance motifs, and began the process of rebuilding the fifteenth-century château that resulted in the sixteenth-seventeenth century aspect of the structure to be seen today.
[[File:UssePark.jpg|thumb|left|In summer [[Orangery|orange trees in ''caisses'']] line the terrace [[parterre]].]]
[[File:UssePark.jpg|thumb|left|In summer [[Orangery|orange trees in ''caisses'']] line the terrace [[parterre]].]]
[[File:Rigny-Ussé Château d'Ussé 4.jpg|thumb|left|Eastern facade.]]
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In the seventeenth century Louis I de Valentinay, comptroller of the [[Maison du Roi|royal household]], demolished the north range of buildings in order to open the interior court to the spectacular view over the [[parterre]] terrace, to a design ascribed to [[André Le Nôtre]]. Valentinay's son-in-law was the military engineer [[Vauban]], who visited Ussé on numerous occasions. The tradition maintained at Ussé is that this was the castle [[Charles Perrault]] had in mind when writing "[[Sleeping Beauty|The Sleeping Beauty]]"{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} . Later Ussé passed to the [[Rohan (family)|Rohan]]. In 1802 Ussé was purchased by the duc de Duras; as early as March 1813, low-key meetings were held at Ussé among a group of Bourbon loyalists, who met to sound out the possibilities of a [[Bourbon Restoration]]: such men as Trémouille, [[House of FitzJames|duc de Fitzjames]], the [[Jules, prince de Polignac|prince de Polignac]], [[Antoine-François-Claude Ferrand|Ferrand]], Montmorency and the duc de Rochefoucault attended.<ref>A. de Beauchamps, ''Histoire des campagnes de 1814-1815'' (Paris, 1817), vol. II:44, noted in E. J. Knapton, "Some Aspects of the Bourbon Restoration of 1814" ''The Journal of Modern History'' '''6'''.4 (December 1934:405-424) p. 408 note 13.</ref> Here later [[François-René de Chateaubriand]] worked on his ''Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe'' as the guest of duchesse [[Claire de Duras]].


In the seventeenth century Louis I de Valentinay, comptroller of the [[Maison du Roi|royal household]], demolished the north range of buildings in order to open the interior court to the views over the [[parterre]] terrace, to a design ascribed to [[André Le Nôtre]]. Valentinay's son-in-law was the military engineer [[Vauban]], who visited Ussé on numerous occasions.
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In 1885 the comtesse de la Rochejaquelein bequeathed Ussé to her great-nephew, the comte de Blacas. Today the château belongs to his descendent Casimir de Blacas d' Aulps the 7th Duke of Blacas.<ref>{{Citation | url =http://www.fodors.com/world/europe/france/the-loire-valley/review-100511.html| title = Loire Valley Sites Review - Château d'Ussé Review| accessdate = 8 November 2012| publisher = Fodor's}}</ref>


[[Charles Perrault]], author of the versions of several of the most famous [[fairy tale]]s known today, often visited the castle and was a guest there. He had the castle of Ussé in mind when writing "[[Sleeping Beauty|The Sleeping Beauty]]".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Château d'Ussé - Press release (FR)|url=http://www.chateaudusse.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Dossier-presse-chateau-Usse.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.chateaudusse.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Dossier-presse-chateau-Usse.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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Famed for its picturesque aspect, Ussé was the subject of a French railroad poster issued by the [[Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans]] in the 1920s<ref>William Leonard Schwartz, "How to Get the Railway Posters of France", ''The Modern Language Journal'', '''11'''.7 (April 1927:452-455) p. 454.</ref> and was one of several that inspired [[Walt Disney]] in the creation of many of the Disney Castles.


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Later, the castle passed to the [[Rohan (family)|Rohan]]. In 1802 Ussé was purchased by the duc de Duras; as early as March 1813, low-key meetings were held at Ussé among a group of Bourbon loyalists, who met to sound out the possibilities of a [[Bourbon Restoration in France|Bourbon Restoration]]: such men as Trémouille, [[House of FitzJames|duc de Fitzjames]], the [[Jules, prince de Polignac|prince de Polignac]], [[Antoine-François-Claude Ferrand|Ferrand]], Montmorency and the duc de Rochefoucault attended.<ref>A. de Beauchamps, ''Histoire des campagnes de 1814-1815'' (Paris, 1817), vol. II:44, noted in E. J. Knapton, "Some Aspects of the Bourbon Restoration of 1814" ''The Journal of Modern History'' '''6'''.4 (December 1934:405-424) p. 408 note 13.</ref> Here later [[François-René de Chateaubriand]] worked on his ''Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe'' as the guest of duchesse [[Claire de Duras]].
It is classified as a ''[[monument historique]]'' since 1931 by the [[French Ministry of Culture]].<ref>{{Fr icon}} [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=RETROUVER&REQ=((PA00098034):REF) Ministry of Culture database entry]</ref>

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In 1885 the comtesse de la Rochejaquelein bequeathed Ussé to her great-nephew, the comte de Blacas. Today the château belongs to his descendant Casimir de Blacas d' Aulps the 7th Duke of Blacas.<ref>{{Citation | url =http://www.fodors.com/world/europe/france/the-loire-valley/review-100511.html| title = Loire Valley Sites Review - Château d'Ussé Review| access-date = 8 November 2012| publisher = Fodor's}}</ref>

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Famed for its picturesque aspect, Ussé was the subject of a French railroad poster issued by the [[Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans|Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans]] in the 1920s<ref>William Leonard Schwartz, "How to Get the Railway Posters of France", ''The Modern Language Journal'', '''11'''.7 (April 1927:452-455) p. 454.</ref> and was one of several that inspired [[Walt Disney]] in the creation of many of the Disney Castles.

Ussé was classified as a ''[[monument historique]]'' in 1931 by the [[French Ministry of Culture]].<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA00098034}}</ref>


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File:Usse18.jpg|Chapelle Sainte-Anne
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File:Loire Indre Usse2 tango7174.jpg|Charles Perrault's
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==Notes==
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== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[List of castles in France]]
*[[List of castles in France]]

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==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.chateaudusse.fr/index.html Château d'Ussé website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080130121332/http://www.chateaudusse.fr/index.html Château d'Ussé website]
*[http://tourisme.chinon.com/gb/visites/usse.php Château d'Ussé]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080131183821/http://tourisme.chinon.com/gb/visites/usse.php Château d'Ussé]
*[https://castlesandfamilies.com/france/chateau-dusse Un entretien avec le propriétaire du Château d'Ussé Stanislas de Blacas (en anglais)]


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View of the Château's towers

Ussé is a castle in the Indre-et-Loire département, in France. The stronghold at the edge of the Chinon forest overlooking the Indre Valley was first fortified in the eleventh century by the Norman seigneur of Ussé, Gueldin de Saumur, who surrounded the fort with a palisade on a high terrace. The site passed to the Comte de Blois, who rebuilt it in stone.

In the fifteenth century, the ruined castle of Ussé was purchased by Jean V de Bueil, a captain-general of Charles VII who became seigneur of Ussé in 1431 and began rebuilding it in the 1440s; his son Antoine de Bueil married in 1462 Jeanne de Valois, the biological daughter of Charles VII and Agnès Sorel, who brought as dowry 40000 golden écus. Antoine was heavily in debt and in 1455, sold the château to Jacques d’Espinay, son of a chamberlain to the Duke of Brittany and himself chamberlain to the king; Espinay built the chapel, completed by his son Charles in 1612, in which the Flamboyant Gothic style is mixed with new Renaissance motifs, and began the process of rebuilding the fifteenth-century château that resulted in the sixteenth-seventeenth century aspect of the structure to be seen today.

In summer orange trees in caisses line the terrace parterre.
Eastern facade.

In the seventeenth century Louis I de Valentinay, comptroller of the royal household, demolished the north range of buildings in order to open the interior court to the views over the parterre terrace, to a design ascribed to André Le Nôtre. Valentinay's son-in-law was the military engineer Vauban, who visited Ussé on numerous occasions.

Charles Perrault, author of the versions of several of the most famous fairy tales known today, often visited the castle and was a guest there. He had the castle of Ussé in mind when writing "The Sleeping Beauty".[1]

Later, the castle passed to the Rohan. In 1802 Ussé was purchased by the duc de Duras; as early as March 1813, low-key meetings were held at Ussé among a group of Bourbon loyalists, who met to sound out the possibilities of a Bourbon Restoration: such men as Trémouille, duc de Fitzjames, the prince de Polignac, Ferrand, Montmorency and the duc de Rochefoucault attended.[2] Here later François-René de Chateaubriand worked on his Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe as the guest of duchesse Claire de Duras.

In 1885 the comtesse de la Rochejaquelein bequeathed Ussé to her great-nephew, the comte de Blacas. Today the château belongs to his descendant Casimir de Blacas d' Aulps the 7th Duke of Blacas.[3]

Famed for its picturesque aspect, Ussé was the subject of a French railroad poster issued by the Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans in the 1920s[4] and was one of several that inspired Walt Disney in the creation of many of the Disney Castles.

Ussé was classified as a monument historique in 1931 by the French Ministry of Culture.[5]

  • Chapelle Sainte-Anne
    Chapelle Sainte-Anne
  • Charles Perrault's
    Charles Perrault's
  • The Sleeping Beauty
    The Sleeping Beauty

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Château d'Ussé - Press release (FR)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09.
  2. ^ A. de Beauchamps, Histoire des campagnes de 1814-1815 (Paris, 1817), vol. II:44, noted in E. J. Knapton, "Some Aspects of the Bourbon Restoration of 1814" The Journal of Modern History 6.4 (December 1934:405-424) p. 408 note 13.
  3. ^ Loire Valley Sites Review - Château d'Ussé Review, Fodor's, retrieved 8 November 2012
  4. ^ William Leonard Schwartz, "How to Get the Railway Posters of France", The Modern Language Journal, 11.7 (April 1927:452-455) p. 454.
  5. ^ Base Mérimée: PA00098034, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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