Château de Cœuvres

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Château de Cœuvres, in Cœuvres-et-Valsery in the Aisne, is a 16th-century building. It belonged to the d'Estrées family, including Antoine d'Estrées, father of Gabrielle d'Estrées, mistress of King Henry IV. In 1608, François-Annibal d'Estrées had major embellishment works carried out, with ceiling paintings, wainscoting and panels entrusted to the painter Thomas Blondeau. The estate then passed by marriage to the Le Tellier de Louvois family; after being seized as national property during the Revolution, it was bought in 1823 by Charles-Raymond Degranges, before passing in 1857 to the Bertier de Sauvigny family. Occupied by the general staff of the French 6th Army during the First World War, the château was damaged in the fighting of 1918. The château's outbuildings were listed as historic monuments by decree of 28 June 1927. The building remains private property.