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  Château de Loches -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
It would be converted for use as a State prison by his son, (additional info and facts about King Louis XI) King Louis XI who had lived there as a child but preferred the royal castle at Amboise.
At the time of the (The revolution in France against the Bourbons; 1789-1799) French Revolution, the chateau was ransacked and severely damaged.
Owned by the Commune of Loches, the castle and the adjacent ancient Church of Saint-Ours are open to the public.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/ch%e2teau_de_loches.htm   (241 words)

  
 ANN ARBOR - LoveToKnow Article on ANN ARBOR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In 1552 it was given as an appanage by Henry II.
to his son Henry of Valois, who, on becoming king in 1574, with the title of Henry III., conceded it to his brother Francis, duke of Alencon, at the treaty of Beaulieu near Loches (6th of May 1576).
Francis died on the loth of June 1584, and the vacant appanage definitively became part of the royal domain.
95.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AN/ANN_ARBOR.htm   (1617 words)

  
 PHILIP I. (FRANCE) - LoveToKnow Article on PHILIP I. (FRANCE)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
This acquisition linked the county of Sens, acquired in 1055, with the rest of the domain round Paris, Melun and Orleans.
Rouen, bound by ties of trade to England, resisted for forty days; but it surrendered on the 24th ol June 1204.
The conquest of Maine, Touraine, Anjou and Poitou in 1204 and 1205 was little more than a military promenade, though the castles of Loches and Chinon held out for a year.
90.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PH/PHILIP_I_FRANCE_.htm   (2855 words)

  
 INDRE - Online Information article about INDRE
Langeais and Azayle-Rideau are also important places with chateaus.
The Renaissance chateau of Usse, and those of See also:
The Sainte Chapelle (16th century) at Champigny is a survival of a chateau of the See also:
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 AllRefer.com - Loches, France (French Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Loches, France (French Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
It is famous for its medieval buildings, especially the ancient chAteau that dominates the town.
Originally established by the counts of Anjou, it later became (mid-13th cent.) a royal residence and a state prison.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/Loches.html   (171 words)

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