Tongrenelle

Tongrenelle is a hamlet in the municipality of Sombreffe (in the province of Namur), Wallonia Region, Belgium. It is east of the village of Ligny and north of the village of Boignée and on the south-eastern side of the village of Tongrinne.

Tongrenelle
Hamlet
Tongrenelle
Coordinates: 50°30′41.27″N 4°36′45.98″E
Country Belgium
ProvinceNamur
MunicipalitySombreffe
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Within the hamlet is the Ferme-Château de Tongrenelle. A castle existed on the site which entered the historical record in 1209. During the Battle of Ligny 16 June 1815 the castle, a formidable redoubt, was garrisoned by a contingent from the 3rd Battalion of the Prussian 27th Regiment. during the first half of the 19th century the castle fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1860. What remains is now a moated manor house with buildings dating from the 17th and 18th centuries.[lower-alpha 1][2][3][1]

Notes
  1. The moat fed by the Ligny[1]
  1. Sambre Orneau 2014.
  2. Uffindell 2015, p. ~224.
  3. Siborne 1848, p. 211.

References
  • "Ferme-Château de Tongrenelle", Sambre Orneau (in French), 18 April 2014, retrieved 23 October 2016
  • Siborne, William (1848), The Waterloo Campaign, 1815 (4th ed.), Westminster: A. Constable
  • Uffindell, Andrew (2015), The Eagle's Last Triumph: Napoleon at Ligny, June 1815 (illustrated ed.), The History Press, p. ~224, ISBN 9780750967020
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