Château de Chamilly

English translation

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History

The château de Chamilly is situated to the north-east of the town. At the bottom of the valley, an initial fortified house surrounded by ditches develops through to the alterations carried out in the 17th century. Jacques-Nicolas Bouton came from a family originating from Brabant (possessing one of the twelve baronies of this duchy), which rose to prominence in the service of the Dukes of Burgundy. It was possessed of Le Fay, in the Bresse chalonnaise, from the 14th century. With the titles of his lordships, J.N. Bouton bears those of esquire and doctor of law of the University of Burgundy. By marriage with Claudine de Moroges, heiress of the lordship of Chamilly, in 1543, he is the founder of the Bouton de Chamilly branch. This distinguished itself in the 17th century with his grandson, Nicolas, defender of Stenay and his great-grandson, Noël Bouton, the heroic defender of Grave, known under the name of marshal of Chamilly. The present château was probably built by Nicolas Bouton, count of Chamilly, who died in 1662. Of the original château there remains a horseshoe tower, perhaps an old levelled master tower, covered with flat tiles and flanking to the west the gatehouse attached to the 17th-century dwelling body. The latter takes up a classical composition in the arrangement of its façades with walls formerly rendered and divided by rusticated stone bosses framing windows and angle chains.