Castle of Corroy-le-Château

Corroy-le-Château Castle
Belgium
Type Castle
Site information
Owner the Marquess of Trazegnies d'Ittre

Corroy-le-Château Castle (French: Château de Corroy-le-Château) is a medieval castle in the village of Corroy-le-Château and the municipality of Gembloux in the province of Namur, Belgium.

Originally built between 1220 and 1230 by William of Brabant, the castle is one of the best-preserved medieval buildings in Belgium, with gigantic round towers and a moat.

History

The castle engraved in Brabantia illustrata

After some eight hundred years in the possession of the descendants of William of Brabant, the counts of Nassau-Corroy. One of the owners was Alexis of Nassau-Corroy, bastard son of Henry III of Nassau-Breda. His descendant Joseph-Ignace de Nassau, 1st Count of Corroy refurbished the castle and interior.[1] The latest of whom to live there of their descendants is the Marquess of Trazegnies d'Ittre.

Auction

A family dispute led to a court ordering the sale of the castle at public auction. In 2008 it was to be sold to the artist Wim Delvoye, who announced that he planned to turn it into a museum of modern art.[2][3] However, the marquis managed to defeat the sale and retain ownership of his ancestral home.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.corroy-le-chateau.com/?page_id=23
  2. ↑ Kevin Brass, After 800 years, family dispute leads to auction of Belgium castle, at nytimes.com
  3. ↑ Belgian artist buys castle for EUR 3.3m at expatica.com
  4. ↑ http://www.lavenir.net/article/detail.aspx?articleid=218151

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Coordinates: 50°31′58″N 4°39′22″E / 50.5328°N 4.6561°E / 50.5328; 4.6561


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