Château de Chambly (Oise)
| Château de Chambly | |
|---|---|
 September 2019 | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Chambly, Oise, France |
| Coordinates | 49°09′20″N 02°13′39″E / 49.15556°N 2.22750°E |
| Client | Joachim, 5th Prince Murat |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Blondel and Langlois |
| Website | |
| www.chateau-chambly.com | |
The Château de Chambly is a historic château on rue d'Amblaincourt that is located in the commune of Chambly, in the French department of Oise in the Hauts-de-France region. Part of the park extends over the commune of Ronquerolles, in the Val-d'Oise department.
History
[edit]A prior château on the estate, located below the current, was named Petimus and, in 1620, belonged to François de L'Hospital, Governor of the Bastille. Today, only a chapel built by Claude Le Picard in 1670 remains standing.[1]
Prince Murat
[edit]In 1887, Baron Camont de Valence and Marie de Beaumont sold the former estates of Petimus and Evosseaux to Joachim Murat, 5th Prince Murat,[a] and his wife, Cécile Ney d'Echingen (a great-granddaughter of Marshal Ney). Prince Murat tore down the original château and hired French architects Blondel et Langlois to design and build his Anglo-Norman style château.[3] He also had an English-style park designed by the landscape architect Duchene. Prince Murat, who was passionate about hunting, built large stables, a number of outbuildings (built in 1896) and a small stud farm built on the grounds.[1] Prince Murat was master of the Hunt (Equipage) known as the Rallye-Champly.[4][5] His father, Joachim, 4th Prince Murat, died at the chateau in 1901.[6]
During the World War I, the château and its outbuildings served as an auxiliary hospital. During World War II, the château was occupied by the Germans after which it was left abandoned.[1]
Simonet
[edit]In 1977, the château was acquired by local industrialist Pierre Simonet, who restored the property.[7] The château remains owned by his descendants to this day.[1] Besides renting the château for use as a filming location, they host weddings and equestrian events on the estate, managed by Simonet's granddaughter, Claire Flavian.[8]
In popular culture
[edit]Since the early 2000s, the château and its park have been regularly used as a filming location.[7][8]
Films
[edit]- Camille Rewinds
- Dumas
- On War
- The Tiger Brigades
- The Art of Breaking Up, based on Un fil à la patte
- Arsène Lupin
- An Almost Peaceful World
- Vidocq
TV movies
[edit]- The Haunted Armchair by Claude Chabrol
- The List by Christian Faure
- Marie Besnard, by Christian Faure
- Mata Hari, The Real Story
Gallery
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Old postcard when the château was used as a military hospital -
Old postcard with the hunting crew of Prince Murat -
Entrance to the château's commons -
Old postcard
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ Joachim, 5th Prince Murat, the son of Joachim, 4th Prince Murat and Malcy Louise Caroline Berthier de Wagram, was the grandson of Lucien, 3rd Prince Murat, himself the son of Joachim Murat, the 1st Prince Murat, Grand Duke of Berg and King of Naples, and his Queen consort Caroline Bonaparte (sister to Napoleon Bonaparte).[2]
- Sources
- ^ a b c d "L'Histoire du château de Chambly". www.chateau-chambly.com. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "PRINCE MURAT, HEAD OF HIS HOUSE, DEAD; Great-Grandson of a Marshal of France and Napoleon's Sister, Caroline. NOTED AS A SPORTSMAN His Home In Paris Used by President Wilson--Kin Was Husband of Washington's Niece". The New York Times. 3 November 1932. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ Morin, Christophe (2008). Au service du château: L'architecture des communs en Île-de-France au XVIIIe siècle (in French). Publications de la Sorbonne. p. 160. ISBN 978-2-85944-580-5. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Prince Murat's Hunt at the Château de Chambly". The Bystander: An Illustrated Weekly, Devoted to Travel, Literature, Art, the Drama, Progress, Locomotion: 313. 1909. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Wild Stag-Hunting in France". Country Life. Country Life, Limited: 486–4888. 5 April 1913. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ Todd, Henry Alfred (1933). "Joachim, 4th Prince Murat". Romanic Review. Department of French and Romance Philology of Columbia University: 87. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Château de Chambly". Innamoramento.net (in French). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Le château de Chambly, un vrai décor de cinéma". Le Parisien (in French). 8 October 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
External links
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Media related to Château de Chambly at Wikimedia Commons
