Château de Vaudre

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Le château en bref

The Château de Vaudre, in Gabillou in the Dordogne, succeeded a priory dependent on the Abbey of Tourtoirac as early as the 13th century. The fortress was seized and demolished in 1397 by Count Archambaud V, before passing by marriage in 1405 to the Hautefort family, who kept it through six branches. In 1583, Antoine de Hautefort died defending the castle against the Ligueurs of the Catholic League. In 1691, François de Hautefort established forges at La Boissière d'Ans, producing among other things cannons for Louis XIV; the château was rebuilt in 1720. In 1794, Marie Jeanne Bertrande d'Hautefort, a pianist who held a literary salon, and Abraham Frédéric d'Hautefort were sentenced to death during the Revolution. Since 2012, the current owners have been restoring this historic residence, living in the meantime in a renovated outbuilding.